"Guardian Angels" in stroudsburg

[jtkratzer]

Originally Posted by Dredly

based on their website those guys are unarmed officers... the Guardian angels are not associated with law enforcement in any way

They're not though. They only call police. They're a PR presence in the neighborhood. They ride bikes and have radios to communicate with emergency services/fire/police. I don't think they're allowed to make arrests. I think they can intervene to stop some things, but they are there to be eyes and ears for the police, not do police work.

[Dredly]

Originally Posted by jtkratzer

They're not though. They only call police. They're a PR presence in the neighborhood. They ride bikes and have radios to communicate with emergency services/fire/police. I don't think they're allowed to make arrests. I think they can intervene to stop some things, but they are there to be eyes and ears for the police, not do police work.

someone may want to tell them that?

n June 2003, the James Street Improvement District initiated a bike squad which patrols the District's one-square mile seven days a week. The JSID's squad members provide a secure, welcoming presence for Lancaster residents, workers, students, and visitors. Uniformed in red and black, squad members are unarmed officers equipped with twoway radios who patrol the streets in the northwest part of Lancaster City on bicycles and periodically on foot. They serve as a visible deterrent to crime, provide directions and pedestrian assistance, and can call for help in emergency situations.

http://www.jsidlancaster.org/bikesquad.cfm

[chrisjames_71]

Originally Posted by deputy

There was an episode of cops on one night that had the guardian angels on it. They kicked the shit out of some drunk guy who couldn't find his ID to enter a housing complex they were contracted to watch. The cops come and all is squashed, then an old guy (guardian angel) with a walker gets in front of the camera and says, "the guy couldn't prove he lived here, so we had to take him down. In the process the perp had marijuana on him and we arrested him for the drugs. It was a good bust." Two minutes later the cop goes on camerra and says sooner or later one of these guys is gonna get hurt.

ANd the cop also said that the guy actually lived in the complex..

[jtkratzer]

Originally Posted by Dredly

someone may want to tell them that?



http://www.jsidlancaster.org/bikesquad.cfm

They may be called officers on the site, but they don't go through a police academy nor do they do the same training as police officers. They may be called officers to improve their status or something like that. They're certainly not law enforcement officers. They cannot issue citations or parking tickets or anything else. Their job is eyes and ears and to report with said two-way radio.

I know a guy who works as a bike patrol.