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Even the Feds put "POLICE" on their raid vests and jackets with the exception of the FBI. Marshals, ATF, ICE, etc., all do it. It's just more recognized. The Chinese police put "POLICE" on their vests too for the Olympics instead of their usual markings.
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It's the CTU.Comment
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Who's CTU?I like gunsComment
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Counter Terrorist Unit: Jack BauerComment
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I might be wrong, but I thought security companies were supposed to mark their patrol vehicles and uniform patches with a word "security". I believe this was per BSIS. These guys are deffinetly a private company, same as ADT, Westec and all the other alarm response companies. I wonder how they get away with it.Comment
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You can trust me. I'm aarecrooman...aircroomen...airecrewmen... I fly on planes.Comment
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A few years ago a friend of mine was pulled over by a security guard down in San Diego. He thought it was an actual police vehicle since it was late night and they only saw the front of the cruiser as they drove past the guy. The guy lit them up and initiated a vehicle stop, this was all in a public street, nowhere near private property. When the security guard walked up and started asking them questions he saw that it was a security guard. The funny part:
The ride he was in was an un-marked GOV carrying a strike team in full gear.
They ripped that guy a new one and I doubt that security guard had a job for much longer after that.Comment
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As CSDGuy mentioned, Sunnyvale has a Fire/EMS/Police Public Safety Department. When they hire, they want people with previous LE experience and many applicants have previous EMS/Fire experience. Many departments in other states operate similarly, such as in Texas and BNA in Tennessee.Comment
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That's what I said. FBI doesn't do it, all the other agencies do it. Maybe my use of punctuation didn't separate it too clearly... I put FBI... period. Then I listed some other agencies that do it. I've seen them do it as early as the mid-90's and most likely way before but that's when I first saw the US Marshals with "POLICE" on their jackets and raid vests. In Waco, you see the ATF agents with their ATF/POLICE markings on the back of their vests. FBI is just special because everyone knows the Feebs, I guess.
I haven't seen it personally in CA, but I wouldn't be surprised if ABC or BNE puts "POLICE" on their gear too. Anyone know if this is a practice with them?Last edited by Notorious; 01-10-2011, 9:27 PM.I like gunsComment
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On the fire side, they generally have done a good job over the years of saving foundations rather than structures. That's why residents of Rohnert Park historically paid higher fire insurance premiums than comparably sized cities.
Rohnert Park and Sunnyvale were the first two full on "public safety" with melded PD and FD responsibilities in Norcal. As mentioned it was a concept du jour for a while but isn't that practical anymore (IMO) given the increased amount of specialization and training both roles require.
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Had a guy from Ranch Santa Fe Security light me up w/amber flashers on I 5 last year, thought I was going too fast. Not only did I laugh my *** off at him, I called his boss.
He was an employee long enough to return the vehicle...Comment
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