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Mongoose Gang
The '''Mongoose Gang''' was a  [[private army]] or [[militia]] which operated from 1967 to 1979 under the control of Sir [[Eric Gairy]], the [[List of heads of government of Grenada|Premier]] and later [[Prime Minister of Grenada|Prime Minister]] of [[Grenada]], and head of the [[Grenada United Labour Party]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/COLDgairy.htm|title=Eric Gairy : Biography|accessdate=2013-10-08}}</ref><ref name="Olson1991&q(contracted; show full)mp; Order, and Police Brutality in Grenada, Nugent David, a former Commissioner of Police, confirmed that a group of men known as the Mongoose Gang were among the police aides. To his knowledge, Moslyn Bishop and his brother Willie Bishop were reputedly leaders of the gang.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thegrenadarevolutiononline.com/duffus67.html|title=Report of the Duffus Commission of Inquiry into the Breakdown of Law & Order, and Police Brutality in Grenada|accessdate=2017-06-05}}</ref>
 A news report from 1974 confirms that the "Mongoose squad" sometimes carried rifles, but generally carried "thick pieces of wood".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=980OYZ6M7k0|title=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=980OYZ6M7k0|date=|work=Youtube.com|accessdate=July 25, 2019}}</ref>

According to David the police aides were under his jurisdiction because they assisted the police with their duties although they were not recruited normally as policemen who were required to undergo tests for educational and physical fitness; but they were paid through the office of the Commissioner. David said he did not know how or by whom the recruitment of police aides was done except that he knew the recruitment took place in [[St. George's, Grenada|St. George's]] and that after he assumed (contracted; show full)
[[Category:History of British Grenada]]
[[Category:Private armies]]
[[Category:Paramilitary organisations based in Grenada]]
[[Category:Military units and formations established in 1967]]
[[Category:Political repression]]
[[Category:Anti-communist organizations]]
[[Category:Secret police]]