Rent-A-Thug!

Gotta love how dumbed-down the citizenry is around here...they wouldn't object to random firing squads where the victims pay for the man/firepower

Did you see the two standing in front of Grove this morning? Just staring at eachother. Ugh, at least write some tickets for littering or something.

Its still all a scam - If they want to do security or work privately then take the uniform off, otherwise I will see you as a bought cop and biased to your employer.

Cops' security jobs getting new system

Wednesday, June 13, 2007
By KEN THORBOURNE
JOURNAL STAFF WRITER

It's taken a year and a half, but Jersey City is finally overhauling its system for hiring out off-duty cops - and in the nick of time.

Already given two extensions from the state to put the entire process under the control of the Police Department, the city's latest deadline is July 1.

In the past, the Jersey City Police Department officials referred police officers to whoever called in looking for security help. The private companies paid the officers and in some cases renegotiated fees with them.

But in 2004, the state enacted "The Security Officer Registration Act," stating any law enforcement officer performing the duties of a security officer must be directly compensated by his or her department or they must become a registered security officer of a licensed security company, which would require additional mandatory training.

To comply with the law, an ordinance up for introduction tonight would establish an "Off-Duty Employment Trust Account," which the companies hiring the officers would pay into.

The department in turn would pay the officers, insuring that proper pension payments and disability coverage would extend to the officers, even while they are working for a private entity, city officials said.

The rates established in the ordinance range from $25 to $50 per hour. The private entities hiring the officers would also pay the city a $5-an-hour administrative fee, which will bring about $1 million a year into city coffers, officials said.

Working with police brass, the ordinance was fashioned by a City Council committee consisting of council members Viola Richardson, Bill Gaughan and Mary Spinello. Richardson is a former police officer.