I hope someone can explain this to me :-k I live in the Taunton area and the Silver City Galleria Mall security has Public Safety written on there vehicles and patches. How can this be when they don't have any police authority? :NO:
Is there something in 22c - or someplace else - that says you must be sworn/ have"police authority" in order to use the words "Public Safety"???PJM#15 said:I hope someone can explain this to me :-k I live in the Taunton area and the Silver City Galleria Mall security has Public Safety written on there vehicles and patches. How can this be when they don't have any police authority? :NO:
Faneuil Hall Marketplace has Boston special police powers.fscpd907 said:The Natick Mall and the Solomond Pond Mall in Marbloro both have security vehicles and patches that state public safety on them. Some of the mall guards in Marlboro wear Commonwealth of Massachusetts seal pins on their shirt collars NOT COOL :!: They both have yellow/green lightbars and I believe the only mall in Massachusetts that has "special police" is the Pru Mall in Boston.
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The guys at Solomon used to be Vanguard or Specta Gaurd can't remember which though, just remembered that we contract the same to watch our parking lotsfscpd907 said:The Natick Mall and the Solomond Pond Mall in Marbloro both have security vehicles and patches that state public safety on them. Some of the mall guards in Marlboro wear Commonwealth of Massachusetts seal pins on their shirt collars NOT COOL :!: They both have yellow/green lightbars and I believe the only mall in Massachusetts that has "special police" is the Pru Mall in Boston.
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Although Im not sure what the actual definition of the words "Public Safety" is I believe that a department of public safety is just was it says. A department which provides safety to the public. This doesn't have to be a police department or even have anything to do with an actual city/town/state or federal agency, I suppose it could also apply to private organizations such as malls.PJM#15 said:I hope someone can explain this to me :-k I live in the Taunton area and the Silver City Galleria Mall security has Public Safety written on there vehicles and patches. How can this be when they don't have any police authority? :NO:
fscpd903 said:YES! YES! YES!PJM#15 said:To sum everything up PJM#15 I try not to take the word public safety to mean anything but a department that your individual department falls under, and try not to make any connotation that a public safety officer has to be a Police Officer. They can be security guards also and I believe this is why the malls use this term public safety. Police Officers are just that.. Police Officers with full police authority and in some cases fall under the same department as security officers or firefighters/EMT's which is called The Department of Public Safety.
This is my best educated guess to answer your question..
Give the man a cookie! sounds like what I said six posts previously. Now can we just stop worrying about the "Mall Madness" issue YIKES!
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That is way off topic. I don't think you should making any connotation between Security and Police. Saying Public Safety Officers are the minor leagues for police officers is ridiculous. In no way does a security/public safety officer have anything to do with police officers, that is the whole point of this thread, that public safety officers have nothing to do with police, pay attention.... Not all minor leaguers make it to the majors... And Im sure alot of security guards don't become police officers.SSPO#11 said:As an EX Mall "Public Safety Officer" I can take their side. The PUBLIC SAFETY/SECURITY/POLICE profession is just like baseball. You start out in "AA" advance to "AAA" right up to the big leagues. Some guys get their experience down there in "AA" and become awsome cops. I don't know if that has anything to do with this topic but just had to share that.
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