> These can easily be handled by minimum wage security or volunteers. You at least need to coordinate with the police to direct traffic in a public street. In

> These can easily be handled by minimum wage security or volunteers. You at least need to coordinate with the police to direct traffic in a public street. In many communities it's not that big of a deal to just hire local police officers to do the job. It's even seen as good community engagement by some. > As for a sense of safety, if you go to their campus (I have been there), you will feel very safe even if no police around. You're speaking generally. I'm speaking specifically. Some people have abusive ex's and take comfort that actual police officers are around to help with various crazy ex situations if they happen again. > There are potential ethical and legal issues about why churches shouldn't have police (rather than just security)... Fair enough. I was just pointing out the reasoning in the other direction. There are also implications to having uniformed Happy Brooks Church Security people handcuff people and remove them from the premises. There are clearly lots of expectations, fair or not, in the training, professionalism, and regulations that apply to a uniformed police officer versus someone with "SECURITY" on his t-shirt.