What's frightening is that it's specifically a police power. If the private property owner wants to enforce private rules, they should pay for private security

What's frightening is that it's specifically a police power. If the private property owner wants to enforce private rules, they should pay for private security guards to do it. Why should public money be used for this? EDIT: On further thought, it's worse. The article implies that police will have the power to remove items from people on the way to an event. That would be hideous if true. I want a corroborative source before I get too worked up about this, though.