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To: Knighty Tin who wrote (43624)	12/29/2005 5:02:55 PM
From: Elroy Jetson	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 116555

I agree. Every embassy I have visited has military police from that nation -- even if they aren't parading around in front dressed in uniforms. I recall a ruckus at the Russian Consulate in San Francisco. The embassy guard were all wearing suits and overcoats with thick black police style shoes. What they lacked in uniform they made up for with firepower. Unlike Embassies, I wouldn't be surprised if many consulates operate without their own defense force. Generally Consulates issue Visas and don't contain classified material or top personnel. The Australian Embassy has a large contingent of guards from the Special Forces. On the other hand, if the Australian Consulate in Los Angeles (on the 20th floor of a high-rise tower in Century City) has a security force, they are kept out of view - although the Consulate staff all meet with the public from behind bullet-proof Plexiglas, as does the staff at the German Consulate. Chevron headquarters has its own police force, so I can't imagine why a foreign embassy would lack one.