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Are you referring to private security personnel or actual police? I assume police will provide traffic control and the like for many public events, but I doubt they would take on regular duties directing traffic around a megachurch or something, at least not without some compensation arrangement. One would think it'd be above and beyond their normal responsibilities (and budgets).
I don't see any problem with it as long as the church is paying for it and it's in line with normal crowd control best practices. Perhaps on-duty police officers implies public endorsement of a particular religion or church, and that oversteps a healthy societal boundary -- that's the only problem I can think of.
Are you referring to private security personnel or actual police? I assume police will provide traffic control and the like for many public events, but I doubt they would take on regular duties directing traffic around a megachurch or something, at least not without some compensation arrangement. One would think it'd be above and beyond their normal responsibilities (and budgets).
I don't see any problem with it as long as the church is paying for it and it's in line with normal crowd control best practices. Perhaps on-duty police officers implies public endorsement of a particular religion or church, and that oversteps a healthy societal boundary -- that's the only problem I can think of.
not sure I feel it's appropriate--they can hire their own private fleet of officers (ie, security). Not sure it's appropriate imo.
not sure I feel it's appropriate--they can hire their own private fleet of officers (ie, security). Not sure it's appropriate imo.
Maybe you should find a church that has "police", ask them why they do it, and report back. Then we'd all know something.
As long as they're not using their "police" to round up stray people and force them into church, it's up to them to decide what is appropriate for their church. Not me, and not you.
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Well, as I have only one egress route from my condo, and that route forces me to go by a megachurch, I get very, very annoyed that I am stopped on public road while some person who believes in invisible creatures whose beginnings were dreamt up by some wandering desert goat herders leaves that church.
Although I am a taxpayer in that jurisdiction, I can't vote there as I am a snowbird. Ticks me off to no end.
I find it extremely uncomfortable--does anyone (christian or atheist) else find anything wrong with it?
It's creepy. no doubt, creepy, especially if one has ever been grabbed by the arm by one.
I asked an assistant pastor about something and just by my asking a question, he wanted me out of there so fast, they treated me like a was a dangerous criminal and everyone looking at me like a terrorist or something.
LOL,
The guy didn't want to answer my question and if he felt uncomfortable, I would have walked out immediately on request, but then to treat me like a criminal with everyone looking at me, I gotta say, I wanted to give them all the finger and act as crazy as they were looking at me, but I didn't.
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