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So it's ok for police to guard a NFL game, but not the movement of millions of dollars of goods? How does the police draw the line on what work to accept?, do
by mox1 7y ago
So it's ok for police to guard a NFL game, but not the movement of millions of dollars of goods?
How does the police draw the line on what work to accept?, do you apply and then a committee decides?
Can a police officer do this after his/her regular job?
Laws for "peace officers" don't have a start time and end time (ie 9-5), they are police 24/7.
Or let's just avoid all these stickey edge cases and say "if you can pay xyz / officer / hour they will guard your event,stuff etc.
- iso1210 7y agoKeeping the peace at an event which has 50,000 members of the public seems like a good use of the public police service
- choeger 7y ago> So it's ok for police to guard a NFL game, but not the movement of millions of dollars of goods? The difference between the NFL game and the movement of goods is the number of benefactors. Many, many people want to see the game, thus it is easier to argue it lies in the public interest (public interest is not only a majority, btw.). If that movement of goods happens as often as an NFL game, I would argue it should be paid by the companies that profit from said moving. Now, if that company acts in the public interest (e.g., the goods are meant to supply the residdents of the city), things might change again.
- jpttsn 7y agoWhoa; that seems to imply police shouldn’t protect any single individual targeted by a large mob?