US awards 50 million dollar contract for policing in post-war Iraq (DynCorp)

Agence France-Presse | April 18, 2003

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WASHINGTON (AFP) - The United States on Friday awarded a 50-million-dollar contract to a private, Virginia-based firm to recruit advisors to train police in post-war Iraq, the State Department and the company said.

"We have awarded a contract to DynCorp International to identify, deploy and support up to 1,000 police, justice and prison advisors to Iraq," said Brenda Greenberg, a department spokeswoman.

The value of the contract could be as high as 50 million dollars in the first year, she said, confirming a statement from DynCorp's parent company Computer Sciences Corporation.

The final amount of the contract will depend on assessments of Iraqi capabilities and needs by initial advisors, who are expected to arrive in the country shortly, the company said.

"Advisors will work with Iraqi criminal justice organizations at the national, provincial and municipal levels to assess threats to public order and mentor personnel at all levels of the Iraqi legal apparatus," it said.

The company said it would be recruiting advisors from the ranks of current and retired US law enforcement officers with a minimum of 10 years of general experience and two years of specialized experience.

DynCorp is a private military and security consulting company that has extensive past experience in dealing with US government contracts.

[StockAyatollah]

If I was alledged to have done 1% of what Dyncorp HAS done I would be denied ANY level clearance. Yet the scumbags at this corp continue to win contracts. hmmmmm.

[PoisedWoman]

what Dyncorp HAS done.....

??????

Breathlessly awaiting more info and links.

[TheMole]

http://www.dyncorp-sucks.com/pimps.htm

DynCorp Disgrace

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CENTCOM Iraqi Perps Playing Cards SlideShow

[PoisedWoman]

You're sure quick with the links! Thanks! DynCorp is a real credit to the US, I see.

[Winniesboy]

I don't know anything about Dyncorp, so don't want to comment on this contract in particular. Could I make a general point about post-Saddam Iraq rebuilding contracts, however. There has been a succession of announcements about contracts going to US firms, but I've yet to see any contract going to a British firm. It was made known some time ago that Bush had assured Blair that UK contractors would get a fair share of the rebuilding action. It would be a great shame if this were forgotten. To take this one example, for instance - training foreign police forces is something the British have huge experience in and are very good at. I'm not saying we should have got this contract necessarily, but it's something to keep an eye on...

[this_ol_patriot]

http://www.dyncorp.com/

They have their fingers in everything including UK defense and US healthcare.

I thought the name sounded familiar, they open up a contract mail sorting unit here in York Pennsylvania after Pennsylvania offered them 4 million in incentives but that was a disaster, they then morphed that operation into this.

http://www.dynkepro.com/about.htm

[angkor]

I saw a DynCorp truck irrigating the lawn on a military base only last week.

They've got their hands in everything.