much like and a new jersey more and more people are starting to rely on private
security in Oakland Calif
because it turns out that the police department there is overwhelmed and
underfunded this is an ongoing problem throughout the country
and it's really really sad when people have to pay out of pocket to make sure
they have their own private security
now just to give you a sense of how bad crime is in Oakland right now
since 2011 robberies have gone up 54 percent
burglaries have gone up forty percent and auto thefts have gone up
33 percent so in tyre neighborhoods in Oakland have no choice but to hire
private security
and a lot of times they're used as a deterrent because
it's really really difficult for private security to do the same job that law
enforcement would do
in fact out one person who owns a private security companies name is Nick
cook says the following:
i'm talking to people all the time in Oakland to see what we can do
they call me all the time he basically says that
they started off with having about a 100 to 200
households that private security would patrol now that has gone up to
500 homes okay so it's it's just
big business for him he says it's been very very successful
but it's very problematic not get to that in a sec so okay
so what were the scope is ok to right yeah a
so 0 look ok when is our Pakistan and
up I love a good folks in Oakland obelisk you for real
okay when its when I read stories about packs and I think there's some cases the
country this could destabilize the world
okay when I was in Oakland I know the says this may be the city that the state
was the coach okay corinne
just for second you went to Oakland during Occupy protests and
Occupy protests in Oakland where particularly militant
K so so yes there was definitely that sense I love
I diners know I know I know I get it okay
but trust me okay ok as for real it's very very serious
and I gotta says have like I was just in Oakland okay it's
its definitely no filly it's a good spot it alright
I look and they look yeah North Philly West Philly to some degree Baltimore
they're very serious cities I get
right I there's like because you know why in oakland is a sensitive like
we don't have a day with a loss rate at by some folks obviously the know the
people like this will drive to their communities
and look all that is obvious anything is a generalization so
on but there's a much larger issue here that is it does that mean new
we have broken down the government so bad
we've nearly created anarchy by defunding Indy for me nd forming the
government
is a chord chart above the government to give us cops
it's a number one job is security it's our most important job
in here in Oakland cops don't show up it in this store they explain one case for
example
where they call cuz somebody a hoe somebody's the house alarms going off
the dogs are barking
Cup social for 20 minutes 20 minutes
in the middle of a major city was born with old people in it
okay so if he if you can
trust the government to show what you do is use are creating a new government
privatize government so they're doing is they're hiring these
security private security guys like in one neighborhood they're chipping in 20
bucks
a person the smaller neighborhood another community chip in like 50 cents
or some
fifty cents a day fifty cents a day okay
and they're trying to get together their own private security and it was
interesting as we've done stories about rich folks
living in their castles with the private security we know that
this is middle class people no there's something called
security for middle-class people it's called the cops yeah okay
but look at how little closer there now 615 officers
we show the city roughly 40,000 people down from a peak
830 officers back in January of 2009
that is insane 615 officers for 400
house in people of course they can't keep up they can keep up there are no
help
in another thing that happens is that when cops get overwhelmed they overreact
and then you start a vicious cycle where the community doesn't trust the cops
anymore
there's a lot of people in Oakland we don't trust the cops are all
right and partly because the cops like that I K keep up
into them everybody starts looking like bad guys
right so let's talk about the consulate because there are many concert this some
people might argue any
when you really think about this is like a libertarian stream I get rid of all
the social services these public services
and put in private companies to do the job but if you get my drift
regulations and you have private companies take over
these very very critical roles in society
then all the sudden they might not do such a great job
okay so I read into this little more to see what kinda training happens a
private security is it similar to law enforcement
and of course it's not okay so first of all private security training may be
subpar
and I'm not saying that all private security is subpar but there isn't a
regulation in place where there are certain set standards for these Private
Securities it's a private company they get to set the standards for themselves
as a result they don't have the same training that you see with law
enforcement how often do you stories were
cops are trained right right now you take it to another level
we get these private security guards who God knows how they were trade
let's see a situation they gonna respond to they do have weapons
let other guys have weapons you're inviting disaster