Ala. Church Asks for Own Police Department [More]So after all this secular subversion for powers and principalities and against individual freedom, the Presbyterians want their own men with guns...?
[Via William T]
UPDATE -- Herschel advises:
You've got it backwards. The PCUSA does indeed undermine our rights. This church is PCA, my old plaster Harry Reeder preaches there. The PCA split with the PCUSA years ago over differences in doctrine.
The PCUSA was going down the path laid out for them in the Auburn Affirmation, which denied the deity of Christ. The PCA is about as conservative as it gets.
That said, it would have been better if Harry had preached a series of sermons on the need to carry, but I suspect that there are a bunch of women and children there during the day who want nothing to do with that given there other responsibilities.
What they must have the cops doing is regular patrols 24 hours. Again, would have been better if they had volunteers doing that, but it's hard to get that kind of discipline. I hope the Harry doesn't have a rule against individuals carrying. That's where the real story is.
But the PCA is most certainly not the PCUSA. It can get a little confusing with all the denominations.Looks like I'm not the "only one" making that mistake.
Kentucky has a statute (KRS 61.360) allowing a "Special Local Peace Officer". In effect they act as "cops" for a designated location. Their powers only apply to the location they have applied for, apartment complexes sometimes have them. They seem to operate in an area between average citizens and sworn government employees. That seems what what Alabama needs to adopt. (Note, I am not a lawyer and this is not legal advice.)
ReplyDeleteFrom the statute:
(3) The duties of the officer shall be confined to the premises of the property to be
protected, except while in pursuit of a person fleeing from the property after
committing an act of violence or destruction of the property. In that case, the officer
may pursue the person and make arrest anywhere within this state. He may wear
such badges and insignia as will plainly indicate to the public that he is a special
local peace officer, but he shall not, in any event, wear any uniform, or any part
thereof, of any public police officer; nor shall he in any way impersonate a public
police officer or represent himself to any person or persons as being a public police
officer; nor shall he perform any of the duties of a public police officer, except
those specifically herein granted and at the places herein specifically designated.