Private Police Forces

[Schneier on Security] In Raleigh, N.C., employees of Capitol Special Police patrol apartment buildings, a bowling alley and nightclubs, stopping suspicious people, searching their cars and making arrests. Sounds like a good thing, but Capitol Special Police isn't a police force at all -- it's a for-profit security company hired by private property owners. This isn't unique. Private security guards outnumber real police more than 5-1, and increasingly act like them. ...

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