Forum Post: NYPD Paid Detail Unit
Posted 13 years ago on Oct. 14, 2011, 11:46 a.m. EST by david
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from Staten Island, NY
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Well that's interesting... since 1998 the NYPD has rented out officers in uniform, with guns, to anyone who can pay. In fact, it seems some of the officers down there aren't working for we, the people; rather they're in the employ of corporations.
Suggestion: a new directed donation fund for OWS to be able to hire their very own NYPD officers to protect them.
At the very least, start asking the officers at the head of Wall St. and elsewhere in the neighborhood just whom they're working for (on camera, of course).
Pam Martens:
"The corporations pay an average of $37 an hour (no medical, no pension benefit, no overtime pay) for a member of the NYPD, with gun, handcuffs and the ability to arrest. The officer is indemnified by the taxpayer, not the corporation."
[...]
"The New York Civil Liberties Union filed a Federal lawsuit on my behalf (Martens v. Giuliani) and we learned that the NYPD had arbitrarily established a policy to arrest and hold for 72 hours any person protesting in a group of 20 or more. The case was settled for a modest monetary award and the repeal by the NYPD of this unconstitutional and despicable practice."
http://www.counterpunch.org/2011/10/10/financial-giants-put-new-york-city-cops-on-their-payroll/
Should I ask Bloomberg on Twitter how and why this is legal?
YES.
Amendment II
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
--Bill of Rights 2nd amendment, US Constitution, ratified December 15, 1791
It's common across the country for off-duty cops to be allowed to work, in uniform and with their guns, as security guards for extra pay. The big difference is that in most cities it's grocery stores & pharmacies that hire off-duty police for security, since they're common targets for thieves. In New York it's mostly banks who hire them, and having them stand guard while off-duty is a side benefit; the main point is to have cops who are see the banks as their benefactors and who will work on their behalf while ON duty. And while in most cities it's the lowest-ranking (and lowest-paid) cops who tend to do this off-duty security guard work, in New York the banks go out of their way to hire the white-shirt supervisors. They want to own cops who have the authority over the lower-ranking beat cops. It's effectively buying dozens of cops for the price of one.
the caveat is they cannot use the uniform.
How is this and the 4.6 million dollar donation from Chase, even LEGAL!
I really don't know, beast. 33 years ago, while I was living in Cambridge, MA and going to school, a cop I knew was fired from the force for working as a bouncer at a bar in Harvard Square. Guess things have changed, because this unit is no secret (just not well known to the hoi polloi).
AFAIC, it should be illegal. Another thing to add to the list...
Yup, that's what I'm talking about! Suppose Joe's Pizzeria makes a "donation" to the local patrol officer? Not allowed right, but LOL how is that different?
http://www.nycpba.org/archive/nydn/03/nydn-030810-ot.html
And sure, I should say, "could be" rather than "seems.' Thanks for the editing.
Source of truth, please, rather than rumor and conjecture.
Click on this LINK about how the NYPD Detail Unit is being used. Here is a LINK to a New York Daily News Article from 2003 that described the program.
oops, I posted rather than replied.