Relationship Between Private and Public Police

Relationship between Private and Public Police
When you look at both public police and private police they have the same goal in mind, safety, protection, and an overall good relationship with the public and the people that they protect. Public police are there to help prevent crime from happening, to provide victims with assistance, and to maintain a relationship by being interactive within their community. Private police are normally responsible for securing the asset’s and property of a private organization or a company.
There has not been a lot of research done over the past few years about how public police and private police feel about each other. In some cases if you ask the private police they would say that they do not feel like law enforcement officer respect them as police officials. Private police do not have the same authority as public police officers. Private police feel that when it comes to law enforcement they are more concerned with making arrest and less concerned about preventing crime in their neighborhoods. They also feel that police officers solicit information that need from security agencies but they do not do it in the correct manor. In some cases public police officers say that private security is not professional like they are. Police officers are there to make arrests and to make sure people get prosecuted where they feel that private security does not do that. They feel that private security is client based and they are very reluctant to prosecutePublic police and private police have a lot of similarities as well as a lot of differences and this distinction can often be blurred. The private police look and can behave like the public police do. When they describe their function or purpose it is a lot like the responsibilities and activities of the two. Even though there are differences they tend to mirror each other to a certain extent. One of the main things that private security does is security alarms, investigative services and they work privately for people or clients. Security officers are usually in the front line of the public interaction. They are used in crowd control, sporting events, and school events Public officers feel that the private security try to step in do their job. They feel that it should be up to them to investigate crimes that have been committed. Police officers have to obtain a higher level of education therefore they feel like they should have all the authority. They also earn more than a security officer does. In a lot of cases police officers have to put their lives in danger to serve and protect the people in their neighborhoods. They have to go up against some very dangerous criminals therefore they feel that what they do is more important that the work that private security does (Li, 2008).
When it comes to both private security and public police officers I feel that they all have the same goal in mind. It is just that they clash with each other when it comes to whose job is more important and whose job is less important. There are always going to be some circumstances that the private and public security may have to work together. I feel like in special cases where they should have to they need to learn to get along and get the problem or case solved.
Overall I feel like public police officers and private security’s relationship is a positive situation. Even though they do not get along personally, they still have that same goal in mind. Weather they are out their patrolling the streets, or investigating a crime even protecting a person from harm they still make sure that their job is done correctly and efficiently. It is their job to make sure that the people that they are protecting feel safe and they feel comfortable when they have to be around the officers. No matter what the situation is the goal is to serve and to protect the community that they live in. Criminals are everywhere and in today’s society we have people that are willing to try anything in order to get what they want. It does not matter if they have to steal it, take, or even kill a person to get it. The more security the world has the better no matter if they are private security or public security.