Private Police

Private police are on the increase.  These are police who work for corporations, and their objectives are not necessarily to enforce any law but to carry out the wishes of the corporation they work for.  Yet, according to this article, they are increasingly arresting citizens for "violations" of laws.

2015.0301Su.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/crime/private-police-carry-guns-and-make-arrests-and-their-ranks-are-swelling/2015/02/28/29f6e02e-8f79-11e4-a900-9960214d4cd7_story.html?tid=sm_tw

Page 21.  “Private security guards have outnumbered government police officers since the 1980s.  Coordination between private and official agencies often ovelap and the private agencies now perform work previously assigned to official agencies.(2.4)  Wackenhut for example has contracts to guard the Internal Revenue Service, the General Accounting Office, the Federal Reserve, Oak Ridge National Security Complex, Savannah River nuclear plant, Jet Propulsion Laboratory,  even Fort Bragg, and this is not a complete list.  They also have various resources devoted to airports, ports, and specialized Global Response Teams and Executive Protection Services, etc. Wackenhut, DynCorp, Blackwater, Triple Canopy  are four of about forty-five “Private MIlitary Firms” that can be found on a “partial list”. (2.5)  There are recurring reports that some members of local police forces leave their jobs to begin work with the private police forces which pay more money and have fewer regulations.”