TPD's Uniform Worries Come True

[Freqed]

Officers have always felt that the switch to Blue uniforms would make them appear as security guards instead of police officers. Thanks to a Mayoral campaign ad on TV Security Guards are being used to Imitate real officers In a mock crime scene causing some people further confusion. those of us who know better spot this right away, while others do not realize the difference.

 

[CommShrek]

What are you talking about?

 

[okccsi]

Officers have always felt that the switch to Blue uniforms would make them appear as security guards instead of police officers. Thanks to a Mayoral campaign ad on TV Security Guards are being used to Imitate real officers In a mock crime scene causing some people further confusion. those of us who know better spot this right away, while others do not realize the difference.

I hope they don't ever switch to black, or grey, or brown, or light blue, or...

Wait a minute. This makes no sense. I would say that roughly 90% of uniformed security wears exactly the same uniforms as police wear. While the uniform might not be the same as the jurisdiction they are working in, it would likely be the same as another department somewhere else. This does not reflect t-shirt security though. The difference is the badge and patches. Sadly, professional bearing plays a large part of it too, but it swings both ways for police and security alike.

OKC CSI

 

[KD5WLX]

The issue isn't uniforms. If a perp shoots a security guard and uses the excuse that he "thought" it was a cop, he's still a malicious thug and cop-killer due to the fact that it's a premeditated "hate" crime. And if a punk DOESN'T commit an act of vandalism because he thought the bystander was a cop when he's really a security guard, isn't that the idea behind having security guards?

The issue is "impersonation" (if the security guard REPRESENTS himself as a cop - or that punk with the jacket and lightbar).

But the issue in TULSA (those outside the area may not get the news on this one) is that the current Mayor is running for re-election - and that he's NO FRIEND OF THE POLICE Department AND he has a terrible reputation concerning the crime rate. There's little chance he could get a real cop to stand behind his campaign commercial, let along "perform" in it. So the idiosyncracy of "green" uniforms would have prevented him from easily "renting" an actor to play a TPD officer, whereas the switch to a common "blue" one meant he didn't even have to go to the costume shop - just swing by a local mall or apartment complex.

 

[car2back]

"My name is Kathy Taylor, and I will protect Tulsa with rent-a-cops" :lol:

 

[CommShrek]

When did she say that? Please provide a source. I gather from the emoticon that you're only joking. However, it's bad to put stuff in quotes if she didn't really say it. I've seen folks go off of the deep end and claim slander and all sorts of bad stuff. Especially bad when a political campaign is going on. Be careful.

 

[car2back]

I saw the commercial FREQED was talking about where they are passing off uniformed security gaurds as Tulsa Police officers

sorry, didn't mean to offend anyone

 

[KD5WLX]

Don't worry Phil, I'm not offended, except by the current Mayor's actions.

 

[car2back]

I hear you on that!

 

[CommShrek]

Just for the record, I'm not even slightly offended. It's all good!

 

[warhead2]

This does not reflect t-shirt security though. The difference is the badge and patches. Sadly, professional bearing plays a large part of it too, but it swings both ways for police and security alike.

OKC CSI[/QUOTE]

lot of people would be surprized how meny people think im a cop when thay see me even when im talkn to them up pretty close to see the patch on both sleaves that say security and i storngy belive that professional bearing plays a large part and i belive there is a state law and on the books of CLEET that say what ever city u work. your uniform cannot match that city but i could be wrong