Oh my God!
Union1, what the hell are you talking about? I challenge you to post any Federal document that states "Campus Police" are not Police
1. Your reference to Taft-Hartley under the International Guards Union of America is almost an insult. Sure "protect property and employees" that sounds like a guards job to me. Where you lose credibility is your ommission that guards do not "enforce laws and make arrests". Thats POLICE! Sorry but nowhere in your referenced document are POLICE mentioned.
2. The strike issue does not hold water either. Many Police agencies observe fellow state/municipal/private pickets and strikes while continuing to enforce laws and maintain the peace.
In summary your painting Campus Police as "guards" is inane at the least, and possibly insulting and inflammatory. In some very rare instances, campus police are basically restricted by policy or practice to security-like functions.
The vast majority of Campus Police however, have the statutory authority/academy training/policies in place to operate and perform as POLICE. And they are doing it 24/7.
Rob, if you are a campus police officer at Emerson
and disseminate information like this, maybe you should go to the job fair at Northeastern and talk to the Allied Security Rep. I know that sounds sarcastic, but dude I can't figure out where you're coming from! Do you have an identity crisis?
