• @seathru
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    16928 days ago

    Sorry guys, rent-a-cops don’t get the same murder privileges. Imagine going to prison for a hotel chain.

    • Flying Squid
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      5728 days ago

      A lot of rent-a-cops are regular cops off-duty, so I wouldn’t be so sure.

      • @thedirtyknapkin@lemmy.world
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        3028 days ago

        i wouldn’t say a lot. you’d be amazed how massive the private security industry is. it’s mostly shit jobs that pay pile 15/hr for you to watch cameras and occasionally scan little wall dots to prove you walked down a hall.

        my old roommate did this kind of security for a different building in Milwaukee. none of his coworkers were cops, nor were they trained in any meaningful way.

        • @Makeitstop@lemmy.world
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          1128 days ago

          I knew a guy who had masters degree in philosophy that worked as a security guard. Turns out that the job market isn’t great for philosophers.

        • @PersnickityPenguin@lemm.ee
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          Our security guard spends most of his time chasing away fentanyl addicts shooting up inside our elevator and cleaning up poop from them after they devour tubs and tubs of ice cream (they poop in our parking garage stairway every single day).

          Also, calling the police and helping to coordinate cleanup in the daily car break ins we have at the office. My boss had his truck windows smashed 5 times since 2021.

          So yes, some security officers actually do real work. Ours doesn’t even carry a gun and said he would not physically interact with anyone unless someone’s life was on the line.

      • @ipkpjersi@lemmy.ml
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        828 days ago

        I would say their qualified immunity shouldn’t apply to their off-duty actions, but I wouldn’t be so sure, and also I’m not American.

      • @abracaDavid@lemmy.today
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        327 days ago

        Off duty cops get a waaaay higher wage than regular security guards. Most security guards are paid around $14-$20 an hour from what I’ve seen in my state.

        A lot of companies are too cheap to pay for the off duty cops.

    • Maeve
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      1128 days ago

      I wonder if the trying of investigating LEOs escapes them?