[hoosierham]

I've already noted presumably off-duty sheriff deputies at Ohio Kroger supermarkets.

The deputies have a sweet deal: they can work for a private entity in their "off" hours yet are paid at their overtime rate,and the private business gets someone with full authority to arrest ,also fully equipped,and hopefully trained to handle any security situation.

Except my experience is that security guards are traditionally more about service than law enforcement;I wonder about the attitudes and atmosphere changes.

[ASOC]

This summer I was in Tucson and visited several grocery stores with ‘off duty but paid by the city who is paid by the store’ cops.

I asked one if things had gotten that bad (as in need to CCW)

The answer - “not right now”. I found out later the parking lot was a war zone on paydays/welfare check day.....

[silverleaf]

We used to have a local neighborhod market that was picked over by shoplifters from the nearby projects - they left

The another one came, and hired security guards - and got accused of racism for challenging yoots with stuffed hoodies and big fat mama’s with strollers laden with stolen goods

They closed the market - now we have a “food desert”

[dragnet2]

I've already noted presumably off-duty sheriff deputies at Ohio Kroger supermarkets.

See #32.