The number of private security guards — nearly 1.1 million — dwarfs the 640,000 public police officers, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. While the numbers have increased, training ...

Security officers from private firms are being paid to patrol some UK neighbourhoods in an effort to deter burglars - but how much can they really do?

Our organizing began in 2018, when the university wrote and lobbied for a bill that would authorize the creation of a private police force to patrol not just campus but the surrounding communities.

Johns Hopkins President Ron Daniels has frequently cited the “brazenness” of crime as justification for a private police force at JHU, but even more brazen is Hopkins’ disingenuous PR campaign.

Furthermore, June said, the creation of a private police force will impact people’s mental health just as much as their physical safety. “It’s shameful,” June said.

Criminal Justice St. Louis’ Private Police Forces Make Security a Luxury of the Rich Wealthier neighborhoods in St. Louis have armed themselves with private police, giving them a level of ...

But let’s be clear: Universities without private police forces are not spared from the horrors of police brutality. Partnerships with local police are also bringing unwanted publicly funded officers ...

The investigation found that city employees working as private police officers were sometimes offered monetary rewards for working on specific cases and that St. Louis’ largest policing firm ...

Dennis Benigno, a former police officer, founded Street Cop Training in 2012. His private training company instructs roughly 25,000 officers a year in departments across the country.

A security guard with The City's Finest private police firm exits a business near the intersection of North Tucker Boulevard and Washington Avenue in St. Louis.

Michael Youlen stopped a driver in a Manassas, Virginia, apartment complex on a recent night and wrote the man a ticket for driving on a suspended license. With a badge on his chest and a gun on hi… ...

The question, though, is whether so-called private police firms signal the emergence of an unfair two-tier system, in which the wealthiest can pay to be better protected from crime.