Talk:Special police

message: "Special police" also meaning riot police...?  Also, "special police" as a euphemism (official or popular) for types of secret police or other internal repression?  David Kernow 17:51, 11 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Seems Special Police can mean whatever you want it to mean, as long as you're not talking about regular coppers or bobbies. The North Carolina entry seems to be talking about company police. I got here by looking for "special constable" but there's only this and Special Constabulary, neither of which seem to be useful for including specials that were used as strikebreakers pre-WWII in Canada and throughout the British Empire. I suppose this isn't a problem for Americans, because strikebreaking police were private, i.e., company police, but there's no article for that either. Kind of ahistorical. That's the trouble with always being the junior partner in the Empire. Oh well..Bobanny 07:39, 5 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Other connotations? 

message: The result was merge from Special police force into Special police. -- akuyumeTC 00:00, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge from Special police force 

message: I'll need to ask someone who's a Maryland SPO, but this sentience, "Special police can make a criminal arrest, run blue strobe lights on their vehicle and can fire at individuals that are endangering the public," sounds silly to me. "[F]ire at individuals that are endangering the public" sounds is the most silly part. If someone poses a lethal threat, then anyone (not just a police officer, regular or irregular) may use lethal force to protect themselves or others in all 50 states from the lethal threat.
If they're referring to a threat that is less than lethal, then why can't Maryland regular police perform what amounts to extra judicial summary executions? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Pyrogen (talk • contribs)  Pyrogen 06:59, 8 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Maryland SPOs 

message: This article covers pretty much the same topic as Special constable, so I think that we should merge the two together. My preference would be under this title, since 'constabulary' seems to be mostly a British term whereas everyone knows what police are. Also, Special Constabulary should be renamed to reflect that it deals specifically with the British Special Constabulary. --Helenalex (talk) 11:29, 15 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: This page does a terrible job explaining the difference between special police and special constables. Having fully read both of them, I think a better option might be rewriting this page so that instead of grouping special police by country, it groups them by type. I gather there are lots of different kinds of special police, including auxilary type police (special constables); ordinary police with special duties (riot police, railway police etc); police employed by non-police organisations (military and company police for example); and probably others. I think this would make it much easier for people to get a sense of what special police do and how they can differ from special constables. However this is not an area I know huge amount about, so if this sounds like a terrible idea, please explain why. --Helenalex (talk) 05:23, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

text: Nor do I, any more. But I would argue that special constabulary are a form of special police, along with riot police, military police etc. You seem to be arguing that the only real special police are normal police officers with special duties, whereas I would argue that the term is broader than this (in general usage anyway) and the article should reflect this. --Helenalex (talk) 01:01, 19 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge with Special constable 

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message: I think that this page should be merged with Police Tactical Unit.49.178.172.136 (talk) 16:42, 25 November 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tactical unit 

message: I’ve removed mention of this from the opening sentence; It originally read “Special police, also known as ‘Special Jurisdiction Law Enforcement…’” which is too specific. 
First off, the article mentions the phrase exactly one time, and only when referring to the United States (New Jersey, specifically).
Secondly, as a (US) LEO myself and being relatively well-versed in LE history, I’ve only ever heard the term used in academic circles to refer to ‘Special Jurisdiction Law Enforcement Agencies’ (SLEAs). It’s a term that seems to only be used within the US, and it only refers to LEAs that have either specific jurisdiction (US Park Police, NOAA’s Office of Law Enforcement, etc) or jurisdiction within another, usually larger agency’s jurisdiction (school police, hospital police, etc, with the ‘larger’ agency usually being the city police force which the SLEA is located within.
Thirdly, not all members of SLEAs are sworn as ‘special police.’ In the examples provided, for instance, LEOs of the US Park Police or NOAA’s OLE are sworn in the same manner as any other federal LEO. While LEOs in hospital and school agencies are usually sworn as some sort of ‘special’ LEO, my point is that while some SLEAs employ ‘special LEOs,’ not all do.
Lastly, while I like the term, and think it would be useful in describing certain LEAs, we can’t come to our own conclusions or synthesize information; It’s a violation of WP:ORIGINAL.
MWFwiki (talk) 09:03, 10 December 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  “Special Jurisdiction Law Enforcement”