CASE 5.2
Chief Jones has been a police officer since 1960. He was hired by the New York City Police Department in 1960 when he was 20 years old. He is now 72 years old and will be retiring as the police chief of a police department in a city located 60 miles outside of New York City. He has seen many changes in policing over the past fifty years.
-Chief Jones is concerned that too many public policing responsibilities are being shifted to theprivate sector. He is a firm believer that policing should be left to the government, not privatecorporations. All of the following are common criticisms of private policing except:

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C) Private police do not have unbridled authority over citizens and public police officers. This statement is incorrect because private police typically have limited authority compared to public police officers. Their powers are usually confined to the properties or assets they are hired to protect, and they do not have the same broad legal powers as public law enforcement.

CASE 5.2 Chief Jones Has Been a Police Officer Since 1960. He