tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post9105885973223183497..comments2017-04-13T04:47:21.148-06:00Comments on Pro Libertate: Support Your Local Private Peace Officer: He Has A Dangerous Job William N. Grigghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14368220509514750246noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-3415833831577192652015-05-15T11:06:41.168-06:002015-05-15T11:06:41.168-06:00Thanks for this one, Will.
I think the primary di...Thanks for this one, Will.<br /><br />I think the primary difference is in fact accountability, to their client, and those under their protection, because unlike a rogue cop, a rogue security person will swiftly find a boot in their rear, which is as it should be.<br />What's kind of interesting as well is that while the quality of personnel varies, down in the lowball end of the game you do find a lot of "peace officers" - as I am wont to tell the residents I protect in this little nowhere speck of dirt "I am not a cop, I do not enforce laws".<br />I cannot even begin to describe just how MUCH removing that factor from the equation helps de-escalate situations, often solving problems that would otherwise result in more chaos and disorder, and whatever moral "authority" a typical guard has, is granted to them by the protectees in a cooperative fashion, (appropriately) based on their own conduct and performance.<br />In short, a guard has to EARN it, and keep it - adhering to peelian principles, and using good judgement and common sense goes a long way in doing so.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-60425853804959687612015-05-14T02:02:30.440-06:002015-05-14T02:02:30.440-06:00"Until relatively recently (circa 120 years o..."Until relatively recently (circa 120 years or so) criminal investigation was almost entirely a private function. Police, constables, deputies, and marshals generally detained suspects pursuant to warrants issued on the basis of cases built by private investigators."<br /><br />Also until recently, Grand Juries had more power to investigate allegations than they do, now. They have been neutered to the point of becoming mere rubber stamps for prosecutors. They no longer have the power to independently investigate, it's all done with the assistance of the government now; and more frequently done FOR the Grand Jury by the government. The prosecutor gets to choose what is and is not show to the Grand Jury, and the manner in which it is shown. This is how a police officer can assault a citizen in broad daylight in New York City, and choke him to death on camera, and not even get indicted by the Grand Jury. All the prosecutor has to do is either cherry-pick the evidence shown, or dump all the evidence in the Grand Jury's lap with no explanation, and watch the glazed expressions set in.All Wronghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01313858228631416622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-39003250114420443562015-05-13T18:41:59.535-06:002015-05-13T18:41:59.535-06:00On a philosophical level people are often refl...On a philosophical level people are often reflexively dismissive of private security hauling out disparaging terms like 'rent-a-cop'. People often claim they prefer government police over private police. And yet their actions show just the opposite. People pack the private shopping malls secured by private police forces while avoiding the downtown areas of government controlled cities teeming though they are with government police. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-53649220098715499332015-05-13T16:22:17.558-06:002015-05-13T16:22:17.558-06:00Under the current system, private security compani...Under the current system, private security companies do contact the police to detain and/or incarcerate suspects. This reactive role on the part of police is one of the less objectionable aspects of our current system (in offering that assessment I'm damning that system with praise that is faint to the point of invisibility).<br /><br />Until relatively recently (circa 120 years or so) criminal investigation was almost entirely a private function. Police, constables, deputies, and marshals generally detained suspects pursuant to warrants issued on the basis of cases built by private investigators.<br /><br />Under a market-based approach to criminal investigation, that function could be privatized. <br /><br />Robert Murphy's "Chaos Theory" offers some suggestions as to how that would work. Examining this question in detail was beyond the scope of this essay -- but it is something I intend to address quite soon. William N. Grigghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14368220509514750246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-89762194691916934712015-05-13T14:30:27.874-06:002015-05-13T14:30:27.874-06:00Very good article and well done. I do have a ques...Very good article and well done. I do have a question though. Don't these private companies call the police to detain suspects? As far as I know, Brinks, Allied Barton and G4S don't operate jails, so they would have to call the police for that purpose. Am I missing something here?<br /><br />BKAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com