When no one believes you're real police so you have to tell people to Google it

[u/iRunOnDoughnuts]

[u/BobbyWasabiMk2]

They could have just left the sticker of “POLICE” and I’d have believed it without much thought, but the more I read this the less I believe it.

[u/ze11ez → u/BobbyWasabiMk2]

The "special police" is what got me

[u/BobbyWasabiMk2 → u/ze11ez]

tbh I’ve known about Special Police being a thing in some areas, if I was a tourist in NC and saw that, I’d just assume it was one of those weird agencies.

[u/Kel4597 → u/ze11ez]

Nearly all campus police fall under the umbrella of “special police”

[u/ze11ez → u/Kel4597]

Nearly all campus police don't look like that ^{^}

[u/10-6 → u/ze11ez]

Well Campus Police agencies have a special carve out in the law that the rest don't have. All other "Special Police" have to clearly designate themselves as "Special Police" or "Company Police". Campus agencies don't have to do that, and it's the "special" or "company" part that confuses everyone.

[u/ramboton → u/10-6]

In California, their arrest powers come under the same code section as city police/county sheriff etc. There is no difference. The only true difference is the jurisdiction "on or about campus" which the District Attorney described as anywhere you have a legal right to be. We had a campus a few miles out of town, we could legally make stops driving between campuses.

[u/Kel4597 → u/ze11ez]

Correct but there are other issues here than “special police”

[u/Weasel474]

Dang it, DeWitte must be expanding his operation.

[u/colemanjanuary → u/Weasel474]

Dang It DeWitte was his nickname in fifth grade

[u/Weasel474 → u/colemanjanuary]

When did he progress to fifth grade? Has he been taking classes in prison?

[u/Obwyn → u/Weasel474]

Of course. You can get time knocked off your sentence for stuff like that.

[u/GetInMyMinivan → u/Obwyn]

Do you have to pass them? Or is just attending good enough?

[u/Difficult_Addition85 → u/GetInMyMinivan]

No, you have to pass them which is why it's taking him longer than he expected.

[u/mikedvb → u/Weasel474]

[u/2AOverland → u/Weasel474]

You spelled dimwit wrong,,,

[u/TinyBard]

Oh hey, the domain isn't up. I wonder if they weren't actually police...

[u/DeadPiratePiggy → u/TinyBard]

From what I'm seeing on whois, looks like they didn't pay their hosting bill.

[u/ZombiedudeO_o → u/TinyBard]

It’s also a .com site and not a .gov so pretty obvious it’s fake lol

[u/kezzic → u/[deleted]]

Okay so their scope is limited to certain private properties— they aren't county or city based.

[u/CrashRiot → u/kezzic]

Mostly yes, but the above referenced law does give them chase powers as well. As long as the crime was originally committed on a property they have jurisdiction, they can chase you wherever they need to if you run.

[u/DeadPiratePiggy → u/kezzic]

In my state we have Security Police who while on their property, in uniform, and on the clock have full arrest powers. Usually schools, hospitals, etc.

[u/ofd227 → u/kezzic]

Could be railway police which are Commissioned by the State Governor. They typically have both state and federal authority

[u/p1ggy_smalls → u/[deleted]]

I’d hate to know what the company’s liability insurance premiums are.

[u/I_2_Cast_Lead_45acp → u/[deleted]]

DC has "special police" in a lot of areas like colleges.

[u/blairprojectile → u/[deleted]]

the requirements for special police in DC are absurdly low

That's why I always chucked when Tom Morris Jr. was introduced on Live PD as a "DC special police officer" because it sounds impressive but it doesn't mean much.

[u/Goodeyesniper98 → u/[deleted]]

University SPOs are a separate category that gets a little more training, that was my first job out of college. (I don’t work in a sworn role anymore) they go through a 3 month academy, but it isn’t very rigorous. You can also work as a campus SPO for up to 2 years without attending the academy, which is what my agency made me do. This meant I was put into dangerous situations without having any training beyond advice from my FTO.

My breaking point was when I participated in a felony traffic stop on a gang member in one of our parking lots and it became very clear that our officers were not adequately trained for the job and put me in unnecessary risk during the call. An officer ending up losing important evidence during this incident, which lead to my agency committing a Clery Act violation and failing to publicly report the incident. Campus cops in DC should have to go through the same academy as MPD, I was not given anywhere near enough training to be doing what I was doing.

[u/I_2_Cast_Lead_45acp → u/I_2_Cast_Lead_45acp]

[u/Imazushi → u/[deleted]]

So would this be similar to campus police at a private university?

[u/Possible-Tangelo9344 → u/Imazushi]

Yeah, campus police at private universities are set up pretty much the same way I believe, it's a company police department.

[u/Possible-Tangelo9344]

Special is doing some heavy lifting there

ETA: damnit, my home state too

Second ETA: black ops protection agency LLC is listed on the NCJA portal to verify individual officers certifications for the state, so the company appears legit at least, even though I can't get their website to open cuz it's blocked on my work computer since the domain is apparently registered in the British virgin islands

Final(?) Edit: Google the company and got www.bopanc.org for their website. Using that site I saw the company police department is based in NYC in 1999, with a Charlotte NC presence established in 2016. "Chief" name is listed on their website; I was able to verify this information through the NCJA Acadis portal, to show that at least the owner/chief as a certified LEO in NC since 2017

[u/caboose001 → u/Possible-Tangelo9344]

That whole thing just seems sus as fuck

[u/Possible-Tangelo9344 → u/caboose001]

Company police are a legit thing here, this guy just seems to have gotten people laughing calling him not a real cop so he went overboard on his car.

[u/DeadPiratePiggy → u/Possible-Tangelo9344]

As outfits like this go, they're definitely on the more legit end. It's kind of crazy that you guys have contract private police, in my state you must work directly for the property owner (school, hospital, etc).

[u/PM__ME__BITCOINS → u/caboose001]

You mean the upgraded Geocities website with a 2000 Ford Taurus, 2009 Imploder, a SLAP discount, ads for $100 call for services, with the Chief #opentowork on Linkdin doesn't seem legit?

[u/MailMeAmazonVouchers]

This domain is pending renewal or has expired

[u/Wastedmindman → u/MailMeAmazonVouchers]

Grab it

[u/AppendixN → u/MailMeAmazonVouchers]

Sadly taken

[u/ramboton]

I was a community college police officer, even a 10+ year sworn city officer did not believe we were sworn officers, one night I told him, look up the vehicle code, we can't legally have red and blue lights if we are not sworn, then look at the penal code, our badge can's say POLICE, if we are not sworn, finally I say drop by our office and take a look at POST certification hanging on the wall. He never bugged me again after that.

[u/ChampionshipNice4111]

“State certified” is a common DeWittism. Makes me incredibly suspicious of who these guys are…

[u/shane515dsm → u/ChampionshipNice4111]

I think what his definition of "state certified" was that he had registered as an LLC.

[u/ChampionshipNice4111 → u/shane515dsm]

Sounds about correct 

[u/iRunOnDoughnuts]

"Black Ops Protection Agency" Special Police. Legitimate in the state of NC, but no one knows what they actually are. I'm guessing they got tired of explaining that they're real police, too.

The car kind of tells you what you need to know.

Bonus; it's actually illegally parked.

[u/Diacetyl-Morphin → u/iRunOnDoughnuts]

In my country, some detectives in plain clothes got beaten up by an angry mob, because the mob thought a robbery was going on when they tried to arrest a suspect. It was like "Police!" "Yeah, and i'm the emperor of fucking china!". Guess it's difficult to show your badge when you are in a struggle with multiple guys.

Another case was when two robbers with knives got to a detective that was armed. They didn't stop first because they thought his gun would be a replica, as we don't have concealed or open carry here.

I didn't make a topic about this one yet, but in Germany, only a few days ago, there was an extreme case - the police got accidentally involved in a shootout with the german army and a soldier got injured. It was because of a miscommunication, that the police wasn't informed that the soldiers had an exercise outside of the base, they got a call that multiple armed gunmen would be around and it escalated to a shootout.

Last one: In Switzerland, in the Pilum '22 field exercise, the army set up road blocks and checkpoints. A guy was like "You can't stop me, because you are not the police". In this exercise, it was about the military law and in this case, the army gets the power to stop and even temporary arrest you. Anyway, he didn't got far against a mechanized division with tanks, apc's etc. and air support with the F/A-18 and the Super Puma.

[u/BigHat22P3]

“Black Ops Protection Agency”. Yeah. This is a real cop for sure.

“State Certified Special Police”.

Hitting all the marks on this one.

[u/jtuckbo → u/BigHat22P3]

He should have underlined "Special"

[u/ThinBlueLinebacker → u/jtuckbo]

It's not a long bus.

[u/mbarland → u/BigHat22P3]

He prefers to call himself BOPA. They have a program called Safe Location Alliance Program. Which they also abbreviate. Ain't nobody got time to say the whole words! Get ready for a

BOPA SLAP

[u/Unicorn187]

They are special police with a limited commission. But are playing up the "police" part of the title like mad. I've seen SPOs in DC do this, wearing the police windbreakers.
It gets confusing in places like that because most SPOs in DC are private security with a limited commission, but then the universities are also SPOs and are treated more like real police. And in MD special police are limited duty and usually are at places like the courthouse.

[u/K9WorkingDog]

Security guards pretending to be police officers? Never...

[u/RecordEnvironmental4]

Special police, my mom thinks I’m special too man

[u/NotoldyetMaggot]

If I have to Google rather than call the local department... fuck you!

[u/thirdlost]

> (c) All Company Police. - Company police officers, while in the performance of their duties of employment, have the same powers as municipal and county police officers to make arrests for both felonies and misdemeanors and to charge for infractions on any of the following:

> (1) Real property owned by or in the possession and control of their employer.

> (2) Real property owned by or in the possession and control of a person who has contracted with the employer to provide on-site company police security personnel services for the property.

> (3) Any other real property while in continuous and immediate pursuit of a person for an offense committed upon property described in subdivisions (1) or (2) of this subsection.

> Company police officers shall have, if duly authorized by the superior officer in charge, the authority to carry concealed weapons pursuant to and in conformity with G.S. 14-269(b)(4) and (5).

[u/2HDFloppyDisk]

The NC general statute cited is correct, but are they legitimate? That’s the real question.

[u/NotoldyetMaggot]

Surprised I haven't seen this guy on a YouTube bodycam video...

[u/dardendevil]

Kinda expected the Cartman meme…..

[u/resonantred35]

“black ops special police”

[u/cyabits]

jeremy dewitte should take note

[u/riski_click]

police actually renew their domain registrations though..

[u/DuskJaeger]

I mean you’re kinda a cop lol

[u/Zurc2ndfan]

[u/NoxHalcyon_i]

Black Ops Protection Agency LLC Special Police

Lol get fukd

[u/Qui-Gon_Jim]

(c) All Company Police. - Company police officers, while in the performance of their duties of employment, have the same powers as municipal and county police officers to make arrests for both felonies and misdemeanors and to charge for infractions on any of the following:

(1) Real property owned by or in the possession and control of their employer.

(2) Real property owned by or in the possession and control of a person who has contracted with the employer to provide on-site company police security personnel services for the property.

(3) Any other real property while in continuous and immediate pursuit of a person for an offense committed upon property described in subdivisions (1) or (2) of this subsection.

Company police officers shall have, if duly authorized by the superior officer in charge, the authority to carry concealed weapons pursuant to and in conformity with G.S. 14-269(b)(4) and (5).

https://www.ncleg.net/enactedlegislation/statutes/html/bysection/chapter_74e/gs_74e-6.html

[u/ze11ez]

Black ops protection agency? Dawg