Talk:Special police

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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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

Merge from Special police force

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The result was merge from Special police force into Special police. -- akuyume^T_C 00:00, 14 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Both articles are fairly small. I don't see the reason to have two separate pages describing the same thing with different words. akuyume^T_C 02:39, 12 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Merge Because they are both the same thing! Dep. Garcia ( Talk + | Help Desk | Complaints ) 15:08, 12 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Maryland SPOs

I'll need to ask someone who's a Maryland SPO, but this sentience, "Special police can make a criminal arrest, run blue strobe lights on their vehicle and can fire at individuals that are endangering the public," sounds silly to me. "[F]ire at individuals that are endangering the public" sounds is the most silly part. If someone poses a lethal threat, then anyone (not just a police officer, regular or irregular) may use lethal force to protect themselves or others in all 50 states from the lethal threat.

If they're referring to a threat that is less than lethal, then why can't Maryland regular police perform what amounts to extra judicial summary executions?