Alabama Allows Religious Police

[Novus America]

Wait till the ancaps here about this

Private police are not a new thing.
I do not see why this is newsworthy. Many other private schools already have private police.

[Rojava Free State]

Wait till the ancaps here about this

Private police are not a new thing.
I do not see why this is newsworthy. Many other private schools already have private police.

Eastern Michigan University near my old apartment has its own police force.

Of course, Ypsilanti is a dump akin to Detroit or Flint so maybe two forces is better than one there

[Diopolis]

Misleading as fuck, this is literally private security.

As has been seen in recent years, religious institutions need to protect themselves.

Not sure why they need private police to do it though. My church just has everyone carry and some security volunteers.

[Necroghastia]

I'm still uneasy, though not in panic-for-me-and-my-friends'-lives mode like I was on reading the title.

Seriously, why can't they just have a security guard or a normal officer patrol the area if they need it that badly?

Because it is a large school. Large schools sometimes need their security to have limited arrest powers to do their job properly. And large private schools having private police is not uncommon.

That... still doesn't answer why they couldn't have normal officer(s) do the thing.

[Telconi]

Misleading as fuck, this is literally private security.

As has been seen in recent years, religious institutions need to protect themselves.

Not sure why they need private police to do it though. My church just has everyone carry and some security volunteers.

Helps to have legal legitimacy and not just be Joe the guy doing security stuff.

[Telconi]

Because it is a large school. Large schools sometimes need their security to have limited arrest powers to do their job properly. And large private schools having private police is not uncommon.

That... still doesn't answer why they couldn't have normal officer(s) do the thing.

I mean, they could, but why?

[Diopolis]

Not sure why they need private police to do it though. My church just has everyone carry and some security volunteers.

Helps to have legal legitimacy and not just be Joe the guy doing security stuff.

We hire a city police officer for when it gets really out of hand, but Texas has some rather lax defense of property laws.

[Major-Tom]

Sounds more like a private security guard sorta dealio.

[Novus America]

Because it is a large school. Large schools sometimes need their security to have limited arrest powers to do their job properly. And large private schools having private police is not uncommon.

That... still doesn't answer why they couldn't have normal officer(s) do the thing.

Saves money, and actually creates LESS government involvement in religion.
Permanently assigning police to a church owned school seems worse than allowing the school its own private police.

[Telconi]

Helps to have legal legitimacy and not just be Joe the guy doing security stuff.

We hire a city police officer for when it gets really out of hand, but Texas has some rather lax defense of property laws.

Well that helps, we can't hire a city police officer and California doesn't have good laws in regards to defense of property. So we get stuck with Joe the guy running security, or on every third Sunday Telconi the guy.

[Necroghastia]

That... still doesn't answer why they couldn't have normal officer(s) do the thing.

I mean, they could, but why?

Why waste taxpayer money on a) this law, b) training of officer(s) who are only ever going to patrol this specific place, and c) the legal challenge(s) this is likely going to face?

[Telconi]

I mean, they could, but why?

Why waste taxpayer money on a) this law, b) training of officer(s) who are only ever going to patrol this specific place, and c) the legal challenge(s) this is likely going to face?

You're literally arguing against a publicly funded officer, in support of your desire for a publicly funded officer...

What ... the ... fuck?

[Diopolis]

We hire a city police officer for when it gets really out of hand, but Texas has some rather lax defense of property laws.

Well that helps, we can't hire a city police officer and California doesn't have good laws in regards to defense of property. So we get stuck with Joe the guy running security, or on every third Sunday Telconi the guy.

And Cali won't allow something like this either. Our priests've kept a gun by the door of the rectory for a while, and that can't be illegal even in Cali, can it?

[Necroghastia]

Why waste taxpayer money on a) this law, b) training of officer(s) who are only ever going to patrol this specific place, and c) the legal challenge(s) this is likely going to face?

You're literally arguing against a publicly funded officer, in support of your desire for a publicly funded officer...

What ... the ... fuck?

Try actually reading what I wrote.

[Telconi]

You're literally arguing against a publicly funded officer, in support of your desire for a publicly funded officer...

What ... the ... fuck?

Try actually reading what I wrote.

I did, still stupid.

[Nova Cyberia]

It's just a private security to protect the church grounds.

More left-wing hysteria over nothing.

[Necroghastia]

Try actually reading what I wrote.

I did, still stupid.

If you read it, then why didn't you at least edit your response? You should have known by then it made no sense.

[Telconi]

I did, still stupid.

If you read it, then why didn't you at least edit your response? You should have known by then it made no sense.

But it does. You don't want taxpayer money spent on this, which is why we should spend taxpayer money on this.

[Novus America]

I mean, they could, but why?

Why waste taxpayer money on a) this law, b) training of officer(s) who are only ever going to patrol this specific place, and c) the legal challenge(s) this is likely going to face?

Who says taxpayer money is being used?
Just require the private entity to pay the cost of the training (which they are probably already required to do).
And having private police forces at schools is not something new or unusual.
So why is it more likely to create a legal challenge?

I never heard people freaking out over this.
https://police.nd.edu/?utm_campaign=red ... dsp.nd.edu

[Skarten]

Wow, an church with security guards.Truly the end of the separation of Church and State.

Top tier bait, 10/10

[Communist Zombie Horde]

I approve. They might need to defend against Islamists.

[Rojava Free State]

I have an idea, why don't we all just buy weapons to defend ourselves in the melee that is america? Why stop at armed guards when we can arm everyone?

[Rojava Free State]

I approve. They might need to defend against Islamists.

In a place like alabama, Islamist insurgents are less of a threat than swallowing a chicken bone accidentally. You're statistically more likely to die From a car crash than a terror attack out there.

[Telconi]

I have an idea, why don't we all just buy weapons to defend ourselves in the melee that is america? Why stop at armed guards when we can arm everyone?

Churches should have armories.

Change my mind.

[Novus America]

I have an idea, why don't we all just buy weapons to defend ourselves in the melee that is america? Why stop at armed guards when we can arm everyone?

Contrary to popular belief not anyone can buy any gun in America.
Let alone legally carry it.
Many states effectively ban carry permits to pretty much everyone except private security and the rich. (We should change that though)

But yes, if you wish to legally arm yourself than do so.