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Private Security

Running head : Private Security

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The end of the Second World War saw an increase in the awareness of individual rights such as the right to be protected form harm at all costs . Though the demand for private security arose in ancient times the Second World War heightened its demand and saw the evolution of private security practice boom into a multibillion industry all over the world . The war made the people wary of sabotage and espionage which as the of the day making

the need for security high . The demand for private security was especially high at the war production plants , with each claiming to be involved in classified government affairs . The public police system failed the test because there was rampant crime and it became clear that the police were unable to meet all security needs of the keen public . This lead to the demand for privatized security services that offered loyalty of the security provider who could be trusted to be vigilant and effective at all times . Thousands of men were trained to into law enforcement officers by the military . The FBI immigration and other federal agents were spreading out so as to deal with the cases of crime , espionage and sabotage . The war lead to great loss and destruction of property and it was necessary to contract the services of private security to assist in the building and reconstruction process . Progress could only be noted if the civilians felt secure . This large pool of military agents , plant security officers and intelligence officers was available after the war and they were ready to offer their wartime gained skills for more use in the ready and receptive civilians . The war saw the rise of the preventive philosophy approach to matters of security

The Burdeau v . McDowell , 254 U .S 465 Supreme court case of 1921 dealing with the application of constitutional prohibitions for private security was the most classic case of its kind of all time . It dealt with the investigation of company executive 's involvement in fraudulent activities . J .C McDowell d a petition in a US district court requesting for the to have correspondence of a special assistant to the Attorney General of the US , Joseph a . Burdeau . The petition alleged that in the summer of 1920 some private documents were illegally taken from the office of McDowell , after a break in . Some company executives did the actual search while the police manned the premises The illegally obtained documents were then handed over to Burdeau . He later indicted McDowell based on the documents which had been submitted as evidence . Had the police conducted the actual search and retrieved the documents instead of the company executives , they would have violated the Fourth Amendment . The court noted that the intention of the fourth Amendment was to put certain restraints on sovereign authority especially government officials . The court ruled that I did not see any unconstitutional conduct as the documents in question has...

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