Recently, some San Francisco residents have been up-in-arms over hired security guards who patrol the downtown streets - sporting a uniform similar to one worn by the San Francisco Police Department - and packing a gun.
Because the cocky cop look-a-likes have no police training - or formal knowledge of the law (especially in respect to Civil Rights) - concerned individuals have been rallying to end their rein of cowboy-style justice in the Bay area.
Though some local shop-keepers have supported their presence in the neighborhood - after all, SF Police Officers are not capable of taking on the task of copper-on-the spot 24/7 in the mean streets of the downtown city core - others lament that without proper training they are a disaster waiting to happen.
Indeed, in recent weeks, one resident was fatally shot by a security guard who many thought was trigger happy and out-of-line.
Personally, I have found that rent-a-cops - and security guards - are not qualified to carry a gun or function in a capacity as citizen protectors.
In fact, I have written articles in the past on security guards at - Safeway, Pavilions, and Ralph’s - underscoring their lack of judgment, tendency to bully individuals and overstep their authority, and so-forth-and-so on.
When you consider that the large percentage of these guards are uneducated and lack the intelligence to act responsibly in the setting they’ve been hired to inhabit as local super hero, it’s obvious that the public at large is at risk.
Indeed, many of the guards are flunkies.
They couldn’t pass the police exam, or land a post as a Sheriff, so they took the job that was the next best thing.
If the truth be known, many of these losers probably have psychological problems to boot.
For example, they may have been pushed around when they were kids.
Or, a handful of them may be impotent.
So, a - uniform, badge and gun - are used to bolster their manhood.
That is a dangerous proposition from the get-go.
I agree that the cop wannabees should hang up their monkey suits and turn in their guns.
Until they do, no Citizen will be safe or free of harassment on the streets of San Francisco.
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