Virigina Officers

[nclawdog2001]

http://www.crownvic.net/cgi-bin/ubbc...c;f=1;t=014087

Can someone tell me if this is legal or is this guy just wanting to be a wanna be?

[Solego]

wannabes

[bhanson]

Worse, their Security Guard wannabes...

[Jenna]

idiots

[gongshow]

The thing that depresses me is private security companies have way newer cars and top of the line everything, tons of $$$$$$... at least up in Canada I have a gun and they still don't....

[Byu]

Sounds like a bunch of kids wanting to play cop

[Dan]

mall ninjas

[WhiteShield]

Scary..they seem to be more organized and better euipped than some PD's ...including mine!!!!!!

[locokarma]

I agree with these posts... and I would like to add, that if you take the ppl that are security - and turn that particular dept into either a public safety or police dept,.... most of them would either quit or would drop out during the academy. Probably not all, but most.... just my opinion. No offense to anyone.

[StreetHawk1]

HAHAHAHA!!!! MALL NINJAS!! sorry, i thought that was pretty darn funny

[navyfiveo]

Well Fellas and Ladies, I have some good news and some bad news. A quick lesson on the Private Security Industry of Virginia. I, being a former police officer there and formerally owning a private security business can speak on this subject. The Virginia code provides that Private Security Officers certified as Armed Security Officers have the Powers Of Arrest granted to sworn Law Enforcement Officer, however their jurisdiction is restricted to the confines of the property in which the owner of that property has contracted them to protect. Security officers in Virginia be them armed or unarmed are required to attend classes mandated by the VA Dept of Criminal Justice. Afterwards they are given a license to operate as a security officer. Some of the schools out there are not worth entering the doors of and some are pretty good. You can usually tell what school a person goes too by the company they work for. There are a whole butt ton of security officers who are wannabes. I had them working for me. They turned out to be more of a liability. In my company, my being a police officer, I was able to train the way an LEO should act and I accepted nothing less. There were still the few and they found themselves packing. There is nothing in the VA code that prohibits a Private Security Company from referring to themselves as a Law Enforcement Company however, they can not be near anything with the words POLICE on them unless they are trained and sworn as Special Police which some companies have officers that are. These guys you were referring too sound to me like they are going to have their liability insurance jacked up in the near future. I just hope I am not back in Virginia when they come around.

[rkysoo]

it seems to me their equipment are quite luxury, and i do agree with what you'll posted earlier, one should have proper training before they can actually just form a security company.

[Scubapro]

That's just scary.