I can sympathize. I've done some not-the-best choices, too.

I swear this has to be some reality show ruse. That reporter got the truth, so had to be bought off and brought into the show.

Or a Will Ferrell movie where he'll be some sad sack who decides to start his own Blackwater, and this is a guerrilla marketing campaign.

Or this is a Fox News gambit to create news, to try and pin this on Obama "taking over" and starting "American Police Force". Or just to show how easy it would be and how the Obama administration didn't even investigate or try and stop it.

Best line in story is that the town failed to get Gitmo prisoners. I blame Obama.

Best paid town council EVER!

Bless Peterson's heart, he's never been in an AA meeting has he? Who else has anything on this story? This is sooo strange. Or is just me? I'm just grateful I don't live there.

If Glenn Beck and his ignorant minions catch wind of this ... and decide to go to Hardin to do some investigatin ... things could get interesting.

Hey, Al Peterson. Michael Hilton had a second chance, a third chance, a fourth chance and a fifth chance, etc. In every case his true colors showed through. He in an inveterate con artist who will say and do anything to serve his own interests.

You've been had.

This must be somebody's idea of what a libertarian paradise would look like. Everybody signs on to a private militia led by a warlord. They build their own prisons and round up anyone that gets in their way. It's Somalia, USA.

Other than a few Chuck Norris wannabees, is there anyone out there who truly wants to live in a society like that. When these people talk about getting government out of their lives, do they ever take a minute to think through what it would mean for their way of life?

I figured it out! I know who these guys are!

"In 1972, a crack commando unit was sent to prison by a military court for a crime they didn't commit. These men promptly escaped from a maximum security stockade to the Los Angeles underground. Today, still wanted by the government, they survive as soldiers of fortune. If you have a problem, if no one else can help, and if you can find them, maybe you can hire... The A-Team." Sorry, I meant APF.

What does the town have to loose? How about some giant lawsuit and verdict coming down the pike because due-diligence was not used. If something inappropriate happens to an inmate or one of their employees does something that has awful repercussions, the city will surely get sued for contracting with a known repeat felon.

C'mon, local goon squad picks somebody up or kidnaps for hire (now that's funny). Court would be where? Judge would be who? Rights read to the kidnapped(?)by what imbecile? What government would be paying to house these hostages? Laughable. Now the inbred quotient is extremely high in Montana, but still.... Of course there won't be any lawsuits because, why? Dick and Lynn Cheney are behind this that's why.
That last statement like the Cheneys was a joke.

Drunks with big guns and their own prison? What could go wrong?

The website is a treasure trove. Whoever wrote the copy on there is either not 'Merican or mildly retarded.

"Surveillance is often thought of as a secret activity, but the majority of the time surveillance is conducted within a subjects everyday life to avoid any unwanted speculation or unwanted activities. Video cameras are often announced with signs in dressing rooms or other hidden locations of retail stores to help stop shoplifting.. Cameras and signs are dummies and a lot of the time no recording even actually takes place, but with such extremely simple non-secretive security, the level of crime is reduced."

Uhhh....huh?

This is APF's polygraph machine: http://www.americanpolicegroup.com/polygraph.html

wow. it's so....big.

http://hubpages.com/hub/The-Dogs
http://hubpages.com/hub/Those-Damned-Ants

Isn't that the traditional two-headed goose of the House of Romanov?

"What have we got to lose? [...]" said Peterson.

Your dignity?

You really can't make this stuff up (emphasis added):

When dealing with a kidnapping and ransom situation, you need a private investigator on your side who you can trust and that has plenty of experience in the matter. If not handled properly, worse case, it can result in the loss of life. American Police Force Private Investigators can assist the police or even work on their own behalf. We can aid in the ransom delivery and even possibly uncover who is behind the kidnapping.

didn't someone figure out this is a subsidiary of Xe aka blackwater? Don't want to spread false rumors, but...