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Sci-Fi Names for Private Security Firms

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Melissa Jones at 14:59, 13 November 2011

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Tilly Gifford at 12:55, 11 March 2011

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Tilly Gifford at 14:08, 4 February 2011

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Melissa Jones: adding reference that credits Indymedia as breaking story in Oct 2010.

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adding reference that credits Indymedia as breaking story in Oct 2010.

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 The fanciful name could have derived from a science fiction television series, Stargate. ''The Guardian'' tells us
 :Kennedy might well have seen parallels between his company's mission and the plot, which features the Tok'ra as an alien race symbiotically inhabiting human hosts. In their human guise, the Tok'ra fight a powerful, evil race who seek to control and destroy the planet.<ref name="Evans"/>
-:Last spring, [[Kennedy]] set up a second firm – [[Black Star High Access]] Limited – in east London. That company name also appears to have been taken from a television science fiction programme: Black Star is the name of a spaceship in Babylon 5.<ref name="Evans"/>
+:Last spring, [[Mark Kennedy| Kennedy]] set up a second firm – [[Black Star High Access]] Limited – in east London. That company name also appears to have been taken from a television science fiction programme: Black Star is the name of a spaceship in Babylon 5.<ref name="Evans"/>
 ==The revolving door between Police and Private Security==

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	'''Tokra''' was a private security firm apparently set-up by [[Mark Kennedy]], an undercover police officer who infiltrated the environmental movement for seven years until his cover was blown in October 2010. <ref> Indymedia UK,[http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2010/10/466705.html Mark Kennedy/Stone exposed as undercover cop], 24 October 2010.</ref> <ref name="Evans">Rob Evans, Amelia Hill, Paul Lewis and Patrick Kingsley [http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/jan/12/mark-kennedy-policeman-corporate-spy Mark Kennedy: secret policeman's sideline as corporate spy] ''The Guardian'', 13/01/11, accessed 17/ 01/11</ref>		'''Tokra''' was a private security firm apparently set-up by [[Mark Kennedy]], an undercover police officer who infiltrated the environmental movement for seven years until his cover was blown in October 2010. <ref> Indymedia UK,[http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2010/10/466705.html Mark Kennedy/Stone exposed as undercover cop], 24 October 2010.</ref> <ref name="Evans">Rob Evans, Amelia Hill, Paul Lewis and Patrick Kingsley [http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/jan/12/mark-kennedy-policeman-corporate-spy Mark Kennedy: secret policeman's sideline as corporate spy] ''The Guardian'', 13/01/11, accessed 17/ 01/11</ref>

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−	Tokra was a private security firm apparently set-up by [[Mark Kennedy]], an undercover police officer who infiltrated the environmental movement for seven years until his cover was blown in October 2010. <ref> Indymedia UK,[http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2010/10/466705.html Mark Kennedy/Stone exposed as undercover cop], 24 October 2010.</ref> <ref name="Evans">Rob Evans, Amelia Hill, Paul Lewis and Patrick Kingsley [http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/jan/12/mark-kennedy-policeman-corporate-spy Mark Kennedy: secret policeman's sideline as corporate spy] ''The Guardian'', 13/01/11, accessed 17/ 01/11</ref>	+	'''Tokra''' was a private security firm apparently set-up by [[Mark Kennedy]], an undercover police officer who infiltrated the environmental movement for seven years until his cover was blown in October 2010. <ref> Indymedia UK,[http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2010/10/466705.html Mark Kennedy/Stone exposed as undercover cop], 24 October 2010.</ref> <ref name="Evans">Rob Evans, Amelia Hill, Paul Lewis and Patrick Kingsley [http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/jan/12/mark-kennedy-policeman-corporate-spy Mark Kennedy: secret policeman's sideline as corporate spy] ''The Guardian'', 13/01/11, accessed 17/ 01/11</ref>

	The cross-over between police intelligence gathering and the private security sector raises some difficult questions about accountability and corporate policing.		The cross-over between police intelligence gathering and the private security sector raises some difficult questions about accountability and corporate policing.

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 Leeming did confirm that [[Tokra]] was set up for a "reason" but he could not say what it was – only that it was a confidential matter between Kennedy and [[Heather Millgate|Millgate]],<ref name="Evans"/>former director of Global Open <ref> Companies House, [https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0BxDblhRhtCSFYmEzOGU2YjYtMjAzMi00N2FiLWJkMjQtM2Y4NDUxOWJjZmZh&hl=en Global Open Annual Return 2010], accessed 19/01/11</ref>. Connections between Kennedy's firm [[Tokra]] and [[Global Open]] seem to go beyond sharing company registration addresses. In an interview with ''The Daily Mail'', Kennedy says "in January last year I was approached by a private company which advises corporations about activist trends. It’s run by [[Rod Leeming]], a former Special Branch officer. I’d never met him before".<ref name="Graham">Caroline Graham [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1347478/Mark-Kennedy-Undercover-policeman-tells-story-8-years-eco-warriors.html  I've always respected the police. But the world of undercover policing is grey and murky] ''The Daily Mail'', 17/01/11, accessed 18/01/11</ref> The article stated that Kennedy handed in his resignation from the police in January, ending work in March. He resumed his relationship with his girlfriend while he worked for [[Global Open]] as a consultant – although he says he did not operate undercover for the company.<ref name="Graham"/>
 ===Transferable skills and alliances: police and private security industry===
+Questions have been raised regarding the ethics of "former police officers cashing in on their surveillance skills for a host of companies that target protesters".<ref name="Evans2">Paul Lewis and Rob Evans [http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/feb/14/environmental-activists-protest-energy-companies Green groups targeted polluters as corporate agents hid in their ranks] ''The Guardian'', 14/02/11, accessed 14/02/11</ref> See the Powerbase overview of [[Private security industry and the police: revolving door|the revolving door between the private security industry and the police]].

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 :Kennedy might well have seen parallels between his company's mission and the plot, which features the Tok'ra as an alien race symbiotically inhabiting human hosts. In their human guise, the Tok'ra fight a powerful, evil race who seek to control and destroy the planet.<ref name="Evans"/>
 :Last spring, [[Kennedy]] set up a second firm – [[Black Star High Access]] Limited – in east London. That company name also appears to have been taken from a television science fiction programme: Black Star is the name of a spaceship in Babylon 5.<ref name="Evans"/>
 ==Companies House Information==

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−	Tokra was a private security firm apparently set-up by [[Mark Kennedy]], an undercover police officer who infiltrated the environmental movement for seven years until his cover was blown in 2010.<ref name="Evans">Rob Evans, Amelia Hill, Paul Lewis and Patrick Kingsley [http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/jan/12/mark-kennedy-policeman-corporate-spy Mark Kennedy: secret policeman's sideline as corporate spy] ''The Guardian'', 13/01/11, accessed 17/ 01/11</ref>	+	Tokra was a private security firm apparently set-up by [[Mark Kennedy]], an undercover police officer who infiltrated the environmental movement for seven years until his cover was blown in October 2010. <ref> Indymedia UK,[http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2010/10/466705.html Mark Kennedy/Stone exposed as undercover cop], 24 October 2010.</ref> <ref name="Evans">Rob Evans, Amelia Hill, Paul Lewis and Patrick Kingsley [http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/jan/12/mark-kennedy-policeman-corporate-spy Mark Kennedy: secret policeman's sideline as corporate spy] ''The Guardian'', 13/01/11, accessed 17/ 01/11</ref>

	The cross-over between police intelligence gathering and the private security sector raises some difficult questions about accountability and corporate policing.		The cross-over between police intelligence gathering and the private security sector raises some difficult questions about accountability and corporate policing.

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 Tokra Ltd
 Suite 2029 6, Slington House
-Rannkine Road
+Rankine Road
 Basingstoke
 RG24 8PH <ref name="Campaigns Security"/>

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 The registration of Tokra Ltd created a link to Global Open. Heather Millgate resigned her directorship on 31 August 2008. She has now established a LLP with another solicitor, Ms Barbara Woodridge. The company Millgate Woodbridge Ltd, (No.07261650) is registered to:
-Jaques Lane
+Jacques Lane
 Clophill
 Bedfordshire
-MK45 4BS<ref name="Campaigns Security"/>
+MK45 4BS<ref> Companies House, [http://wck2.companieshouse.gov.uk/2dfb347830b562cdf5f8ff870d291c0a/compdetails Millgate Woodbridge Ltd], accessed 17 January 2011. </ref>
 The company was registered on 21/05/2010 and the website was registered on 28/12/2009.<ref name="Campaigns Security"/>