On 2006-01-23T13:37:38-0500, Tyler Durden wrote:
Over West Street by the former World Trade Center site there are two pedestrian footbridges.
Something's been pissing me off a bit: Each of those bridges (which run over West Street--public property) are staffed by non-Cops with gray jackets that say "SECURITY". periodically, if someone goes the wrong way up an escalator or a tourist crosses a line to get a better photo, these rentaCops will whistle or shout them out of wherever they are.
Is this legal? Are we really allowing private rentacops to take police functions on public property?
The city can probably contract private security if it wants. The footbridges may not even be public property, just open to the public. -- The six phases of a project: I. Enthusiasm. IV. Search for the Guilty. II. Disillusionment. V. Punishment of the Innocent. III. Panic. VI. Praise & Honor for the Nonparticipants.