Security Firm Hired to Counter Standing Rock Water Protectors May Have Been Operating Illegally

‘Last month, it was revealed that the security firm TigerSwan had been hired to combat water protectors protesting the Dakota Access Pipeline through surveillance methods and counterterrorism measures. Now, a North Dakota investigative board says TigerSwan had been illegally providing these security services in the state without a license.
According to a complaint filed by attorneys from the North Dakota Private Investigative and Security Board on June 27 in Burleigh County District Court, the agency denied an application from James Patrick Reese, the founder of TigerSwan, to become a licensed security firm. Despite the denial of the application, the complaint alleges, the security firm continued to operate illegally in the state. TigerSwan was hired by Energy Transfer Partners last year in an effort to combat the growing protests by indigenous activists and their allies against construction of the oil pipeline.’
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