A private police force, or private police department, in the United States is a law enforcement agency that is:
- owned, operated, or otherwise controlled by a non-government entity such as a private corporation, or [1][2]
- a law enforcement agency whole primary function is to provide contract based security services to private entities in a manner similar to private security companies.
- ^ TM Becker (1974), "The place of private police in society: An area of research for the Social Sciences", Social Problems, 21 (3): 438–453, doi:10.2307/799910, JSTOR 799910
- ^ Mark Button (2002). Private Policing. ISBN 1-903240-52-2.
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