Talk:Special police

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[edit] Other connotations?

"Special police" also meaning riot police...?  Also, "special police" as a euphemism (official or popular) for types of secret police or other internal repression?  David Kernow 17:51, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

Seems Special Police can mean whatever you want it to mean, as long as you're not talking about regular coppers or bobbies. The North Carolina entry seems to be talking about company police. I got here by looking for "special constable" but there's only this and Special Constabulary, neither of which seem to be useful for including specials that were used as strikebreakers pre-WWII in Canada and throughout the British Empire. I suppose this isn't a problem for Americans, because strikebreaking police were private, i.e., company police, but there's no article for that either. Kind of ahistorical. That's the trouble with always being the junior partner in the Empire. Oh well..Bobanny 07:39, 5 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Security Guard - Observe and Report

The statement "security guards have no arrest powers as their job is mainly to observe and report" is not factual, as non-company police security personnel have citizen arrest powers and may be employed to intervene or perform protective services. i.e. paid to do something. I'll edit this when I can figure out how to say it. Pyrogen 21:43, 2 December 2006 (UTC)