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> police or even security guards "Or even"? Aren't guards the much much "lighter", more reasonable option? Guards usually just sit there watching the CCTV (oft
by floatboth 5y ago
> police or even security guards
"Or even"? Aren't guards the much much "lighter", more reasonable option? Guards usually just sit there watching the CCTV (often dicking around on their phone instead), they don't have the same ability to wield state-sanctioned violence that the police has.
- giantg2 5y agoIt depends. You can have unarmed guards that are basically as you describe. Although the comment about being on their phone is commonly applicable to the police as well. Those guards are practically worthless since all they will be doing is calling the police if something happens - something the staff could do. You could also have armed guards. Most states have licensing requirements for armed and even unarmed guards. They can have some state-sanctioned violence too. For example, felonies committed in ones presence are enforced by state licensed guards (not much different than citizen's arrest except because one has a state issued license the court bias is with you rather than against you). And an example of a felony would be striking a teacher (or guard/police) which is aggravated assualt (in my state). Another thing is that many times the schools only want to hire retired LEOs for their guard positions. This can give them more leeway due to prosecutorial and law enforcement discretion as well as court bias.