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I had a meeting with my chief and I'm all clear to work off duty jobs.

nightmare69 wrote:

talltex wrote:

EEllis wrote:I think is some cases it's almost a necessity. Without some traffic control not only can it take forever to get in and out of a parking lot but the length of time it takes encourages behavior that drastically increases the risk of collisions. In some places businesses are told to hire cops or face fines because since it's their traffic is the problem they should pay, not the city.

I'd like to see an actual example of a business being told to hire a cop or face fines...and under what statute in the penal code a business could be charged with an offense for "Failure to Hire Cops".

My previous employee was a large public school who built a new football stadium off a busy loop. Traffic would back up for miles causing accidents and preventing emergency vehicles from responding. I don't know the details but the city along with the local police department had a meeting with the school and told them to do whatever it takes to control their football traffic. They ended up hiring more officers and civilians for traffic control.

Jim Beaux wrote:

carlson1 wrote:

talltex wrote:
...have they ever really needed them to "arrest troublemakers" at your church services? Ya'll must have some really interesting services!

Our church is a small church and I have had three people arrested in the last three years including one this last Easter.

I guess you have missed the church shootings.

Just how does one go about getting arrested in church...bad singing? Details please.

mojo84 wrote:It's a shame some just look for opportunities to take unnecessary and uncalled for potshots at others. Having cops as part of the church security team is beneficial to all involved including the passing public when the cops are working traffic which makes for safer ingress and egress.

talltex wrote:

george wrote:At my church, we didn't mind paying extra to get LEO instead of private security, because LEO were able to arrest troublemakers, they could block traffic on the public roads following services, and they knew the local trouble-makers.

It was good for the police department, as well, just because of the interaction between the officers and the congregation.

THERE is the real reason the LEO's get more money than private security services...they have the AUTHORITY to grant special privileges to those willing to pay for them. The use of off-duty LEO's to direct traffic is a prime example. Your congregation is willing to pay them because it gives you a privilege you could not otherwise have, while at the same time, it inconveniences everyone else attempting to use the same public street...which they paid for the same as your congregation did. C'mon...have they ever really needed them to "arrest troublemakers" at your church services? Ya'll must have some really interesting services!