I was recently in a state government building which had a rent-a-cop. Concealed carry was allowed, weapons allowed. The sign on the door asked as a courtesy that we not bring weapons in. Not as a requirement. Yet the rent-a-cop spotted my knife, the clip was on the outside of the pocket. He demanded, yes, demanded that I turn it over or remove it from the facility. I pointed to the sign, he said that didn't matter as he was told to not allow any in. Never noticed my concealed carry. Anyway, he was completely wrong, violated my rights, and state law. I asked for a manager, who deferred to the rent-a-cop since he was supplied by a state agency. I got their contact info, contacted them, well got voice mail. After several days of persistance, got someone on the phone that played stupid about the whole thing--not even admitting it was some of their contract rent-a-cops. Really frustrating. Real cops would not have left me in this predictment.
So, no to rent-a-cops when we should have real cops.
*** Real cops would not have left me in this predicament. ***
I take your general point, but have you ever tried to legally carry concealed in Philadelphia? Get back to me after the highly trained police officer takes your legally carried weapon and tells to to contact the precinct to (maybe in a couple of months, when they get around to it) get it back. PD’s can deliberately misinterpret your rights, because they are politically inconvenient to their masters.