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I find this rather disturbing as it is completely outside the remit of the police force and they are no longer upholding the law, but rather doing the bidding of a private corporation. When did this become legal I wonder and are any of the US members of this site aware that this was going on?
Originally posted by areyouserious2010
reply to post by Britguy
Business owners are also held accountable. They are scrutinized by the department and their permits can be cancelled at any time if their business is less then reputable.
This is fearmongering and drawing conclusions from misconceptions.
No they are not.
This is false at least in CA.
Off duty Cops in CA do security for Bars, Strip clubs and even MMJ dispensaries.
They pretty much ONLY work for less than reputable businesses that need heavy security over and above a class D Guard.
# 1) I don't really care what the protesters are protesting, as they have the right to protest anything they want to.
# 2) The state's DUTY is to protect the rights of citizens, not to trample them! This is the trampling of citizen's rights 100%.
# 3) Put these tyrants in jail where they belong. In general population too, that would be a fitting fate.
Let the police choose their side now.
At the founding of America, there was no police force. What happened is that the rich people all had security and the poor had no defense. So when the poor started rioting, the small security force of the rich people could not coordinate well enough between their employers. As one security group owed no loyalty to another person's property. A compromise was arranged and began the modern day police force and this was started in NYC. So everyone paid to get a more responsive security force.
Today, though it appears corporations own the police force. I used to work for some big corporations and we hired police all the time. We paid them $25 an hour or more sometimes, and they were allowed to use all their power as a police officer. That means if I wanted someone off our corporate property all I had to do was give the order and the police did the rest, called backup and made an arrest.
Off duty Cops in CA do security for Bars, Strip clubs and even MMJ dispensaries.
It’s called the Paid Detail Unit and it allows the New York Stock Exchange and Wall Street corporations, including those repeatedly charged with crimes, to order up a flank of New York’s finest with the ease of dialing the deli for a pastrami on rye.
In essence, ...the big financial institutions, and other big players, are hiring taxpayer paid police officers as their own private security officers.