`Private and Public Police Services`

Private and Public Police Services

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The policing department in the United States of America is distinctively subdivided into two the public police and the private police . The public police are the officers employed by the federal government and charged with the duty of maintaining peace and in the country . They are bound to protocols set by the state . The structure of the public police is basically hierarchal and whatever is done by the officers is dictated by their seniors in the force

. They are permitted to arrest , interrogate and can gain access to protected information

The private police however are private proprietors who offer their services to the public at a fee . These are mostly offered by security companies . They generally handle all kinds of `dirty ' handiwork that the public officers can barely agree to handle . The fee that they charge varies widely and is usually subject to negotiation as this is more or less a private business . The private sector is usually approached by individuals to do some investigations that may even include trailing and stalking the victims for very flimsy reasons , provided this is done at a fee

The private police are considered by many to be adjuncts to the public police . Attention is given to a number of factors and basis that interweave the basic private-public police distinction . These include functions , interests served , organizational format , mobility accessibility and location . These two occasionally become functionally or organizationally linked . These include joint...