RentaCops in Public Spaces?
Justin
justin-cypherpunks at soze.net
Mon Jan 23 12:00:14 PST 2006
On 2006-01-23T13:37:38-0500, Tyler Durden wrote:
> Over West Street by the former World Trade Center site there are two
> pedestrian footbridges.
>
> Something's been pissing me off a bit: Each of those bridges (which run
> over West Street--public property) are staffed by non-Cops with gray
> jackets that say "SECURITY". periodically, if someone goes the wrong way up
> an escalator or a tourist crosses a line to get a better photo, these
> rentaCops will whistle or shout them out of wherever they are.
>
> Is this legal? Are we really allowing private rentacops to take police
> functions on public property?
The city can probably contract private security if it wants. The
footbridges may not even be public property, just open to the public.
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