-Caveat Lector- If anyone is interested to see how badly surveillance has been perpertrated (I LOVE THAT WORD) on the American populace, take a look at the sharp rise in Pinkerton and Wackenhut stocks during the eighties up til now...its incredible...the lock down is secure and no matter how you fight their slavery they own the government they own big business, they own education, AND THEY OWN YOU!!!!! Bill nessie wrote: > > -Caveat Lector- > > ________________________________________________ > A - I N F O S N E W S S E R V I C E > http://www.ainfos.ca/ > ________________________________________________ > > By The Leveler Editorial Collective > >> > > According to the California Department of Consumer Affairs, there were > 169,841 rent-a-cops in California in December 1998; more than twice the > number of State and local cops and County Sheriffs. 1/3 of those were > licensed in Los Angeles County! State-wide, 1/6 of the rent-a-cops are > licensed to carry guns while in Los Angeles County, 1/4 are licensed to > carry guns. > > In an economy where everyone wants "experience" to hire you, but no one > wants to train you, pay you a decent wage, or give you benefits like > basic health care, security guard jobs are a dead-end trap for the poor. > Most rent-a-cops are paid minimum wage. You can get a little more if you > work in a fancy office building, but carrying a gun on the job neither > gets you good money or benefits 9it just makes you a TARGET!). The > highest paid rent-a-cops are ex-cops who work for highly specialized > companies who provide security for movie shoots or rich people. There > are very few of them. > > Many rent-a-cop companies will hire you off the street if you don't have > a criminal record and get you a "guard card" (state license) for a fee, > but you soon find out that you have to work all hours (there are 3 shifts > in a 24-hour day) and you are disposable, like garbage. All you have to > do to loose your job is get sick. Rent-a-cop companies are milking you > as a "cash cow." All they want is a body in a polyester uniform with a > plastic badge sitting in a lobby, walking in a parking garage or standing > in front of a store. Beyond that, you are expendable. The job is so > mind-numbing that a lot of people get a edon't give a shit" attitude > about it as soon as they figure out that the company thinks you're stupid > and doesn't care about whether or not you do a good job, but will give > you a hard time if your bus is late getting you to work or your car > breaks down (if you can afford a car). The pay for rent-a-cops is so > low, that those with families usually work an additional job. For most > of those who work as rent-a-cops, it is a dehumanizing experience on the > same level as janitors and parking attendants who also work for > contracted companies. > > Rent-a-cops, like the military, are an example of the Rich turning > Working Class people against each other by exploiting unemployment and > the shortage of jobs. A Millionaire Capitalist once bragged that he > could hire half the Working Class to KILL the other half. This is > probably not true since the majority of rent-a-cops are not "Gung Ho" > about their jobs, many are in school or training to get a better job and > most wouldn't risk their life for rent-a-cop pay. The minority who are > "Gung Ho" are macho fanatics, many with fantasies of being cops, who > can't get into the Police Academy. These are the people who give > rent-a-cops a bad name. They are the ones who delude themselves into > thinking that they can kiss ass to get ahead. These are the ones who > would oppose a Union because they side with the bosses against their own > fellow workers. Historically, this is the type of person who murdered > fellow workers on the picket line, who joined up with fascist gangs and > who joined Death Squads in places like Chiapas, Mexico and Columbia to > murder the poor. These people give all rent-a-cops a bad name and it is > usually them who are randomly KILLED on the job. > > We can expect an explosion of rent-a-cops now that the capitalists want > to put us all under 24-hour surveillance. It is a symptom of the disease > of capitalism that the rich get richer and, since there are no decent > jobs where a person could hope for a life, they are stuck protecting the > ill-gotten gains of the rich. Our advise for the rent-a-cops is: "Don't > be a SLAVE!" If you have to eat shit to pay your rent, go to school on > the side so you can eventually get a job with a future. Security guards > are just cannon fodder for the Class War of the future. Don't be a > victim. Don't let the System keep you down. Don't risk your life for a > minimum wage job! > > For those who don't know: > > 1.A security guard's "powers of arrest" are limited to making a > "Citizen's Arrest." They must then wait for real cops to show up and > take you into custody. > 2.You can't be charged with "trespassing" unless the owner of a property > or their legal representative (like someone from the owner's property > management company) tells you to leave the property and you refuse. > 3.In California, there is something called "Public Access." As long as > you are not harassing anyone or damaging anything, you can't get kicked > out of common areas people need to pass through to go to stores in a mall > or shopping center. The law also allows you to hand out leaflets in > these areas. It is considered "free speech." > 4.Rent-a-cops can't carry weapons unless they pass a class in the weapon > and have a State permit to carry that weapon. This applies to guns, > mace, pepper spray, batons, etc.. > 5.You have no civil rights protection against abuse by rent-a-cops. This > has been upheld in court. You also don't have to cooperate with them. > It is best to know the law and not do stupid shit like shoplifting which > will get you busted. If you get hassled by security guards, just leave > the property. > 6.Rent-a-cops are taught to use "reasonable force" to detain someone > after they make a "Citizen's Arrest." They aren't always "reasonable." > The real danger from rent-a-cops is that most don't know what they are > doing. When they don't know how to deal with people, they often > overreact and people can get hurt. > 7.As of 1 January 1999 it is unlawful for employers to put security > cameras in bathrooms, locker rooms or any place where people get naked > and expect privacy. Cameras to photograph people who run red lights, > however, are now permanently legal. Some cities are even starting to put > surveillance cameras on street corners in poor neighborhoods under the > excuse of fighting crime. The police have installed some of these in Los > Angeles as part of the so-called "War on Drugs." > > ******** > The A-Infos News Service > ******** > COMMANDS: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > REPLIES: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > HELP: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > WWW: http://www.ainfos.ca/ > INFO: http://www.ainfos.ca/org > > DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER > ========== > CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic > screeds are not allowed. Substance�not soapboxing! 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