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Private Cops--Public Woes

April 28, 2009

Analysis of:Cash Strapped Cities Try Private Guards over Police | online.wsj.com

Cities seeking to save dollars by hiring private police have to pause and consider the legal, operational and emergency implications of this choice. 1-- liability issues will attach not only to use of deadly force but many other areas in domestic violence and ongoing response operations where police discretion and training is often superior to rental cops--after all they are providing public safety services as an approved /contract agent/ of the city\ 2--there are operational instances where surging forces to crime scenes or supplementing existing officer forces could compromise the camraderie and team cohesiveness of response activities and option 3--it is doubtful that rental cops have the training and requisite insights to handle the variety of special operational demands in an emergency situation involving mass casualties or terrorism. This should be evaluated on a case by case basis.

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