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Charlies.Contingency wrote:

gljjt wrote:

Charlies.Contingency wrote:

gljjt wrote:

Charlies.Contingency wrote:
SNIP...
Do you know how many different peace officer categories their are in Texas? Last time I tried to count we got around 170+. Postal inspector, fire marshall, dental examiner, state trooper, city marshall, parole officer, bailiff, private investigator, airport police, port police, etc. Every agency in Texas that can arrest you for some sort of violation or crime, has their own people to do it. (Or most of them anyway.) If we only needed one type of agency to cover it all, a lot of things would get overlooked, even on the state level. Same goes on the federal level. The FBI has enough to work on, let alone executing warrants and seizures of animal registration papers and finance reports. Big agency = big government. More small agencies with certain specialties = more thorough work, and less to try and prioritize.

Private Investigators are peace officers? Don't care for that.

There is a way to obtain your peace officers license through the TxDPS PSB. But I've never met one, their use is of limited supply I suppose. Maybe a security guard or instructor knows more on that then I, I just have my Level II & III licenses, but I plan on getting my Level IV PPO before long. Who knows, maybe being a private security investigator with the powers of a peace officer would be a fun retirement gig!

I did some quick Googling. I don't think Private Security can be peace officers. It looks like the Commission (gov't entity) that administers Private Security in Texas can hire (commission) peace officers for Commission work needs.

Texas Statutes,[11] Code of Criminal Procedure, Art. 2.12
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There can be a few instances where a investigator can have the powers of, and be a peace officer. Look at #28 for example.

Too far off topic now, we'll stop this conversation here.

Charlies.Contingency wrote:

gljjt wrote:

Charlies.Contingency wrote:
SNIP...
Do you know how many different peace officer categories their are in Texas? Last time I tried to count we got around 170+. Postal inspector, fire marshall, dental examiner, state trooper, city marshall, parole officer, bailiff, private investigator, airport police, port police, etc. Every agency in Texas that can arrest you for some sort of violation or crime, has their own people to do it. (Or most of them anyway.) If we only needed one type of agency to cover it all, a lot of things would get overlooked, even on the state level. Same goes on the federal level. The FBI has enough to work on, let alone executing warrants and seizures of animal registration papers and finance reports. Big agency = big government. More small agencies with certain specialties = more thorough work, and less to try and prioritize.

Private Investigators are peace officers? Don't care for that.

There is a way to obtain your peace officers license through the TxDPS PSB. But I've never met one, their use is of limited supply I suppose. Maybe a security guard or instructor knows more on that then I, I just have my Level II & III licenses, but I plan on getting my Level IV PPO before long. Who knows, maybe being a private security investigator with the powers of a peace officer would be a fun retirement gig!

Charlies.Contingency wrote:
SNIP...
Do you know how many different peace officer categories their are in Texas? Last time I tried to count we got around 170+. Postal inspector, fire marshall, dental examiner, state trooper, city marshall, parole officer, bailiff, private investigator, airport police, port police, etc. Every agency in Texas that can arrest you for some sort of violation or crime, has their own people to do it. (Or most of them anyway.) If we only needed one type of agency to cover it all, a lot of things would get overlooked, even on the state level. Same goes on the federal level. The FBI has enough to work on, let alone executing warrants and seizures of animal registration papers and finance reports. Big agency = big government. More small agencies with certain specialties = more thorough work, and less to try and prioritize.

The Annoyed Man wrote:

WildBill wrote:

The Annoyed Man wrote:If any of you are farmers, it may be time to buy body armor.

The USDA wants to see if they work for mowing down crops.

Maybe they are worried about ninja cows?