Private firms with outright police powers have been proliferating in some places — and trying to expand their terrain. The 'company police agencies,' as businesses such as Capitol Special Police are called here, are lobbying the state legislature to broaden their jurisdiction, currently limited to the private property of those who hire them, to adjacent streets. (Washington Post, Tuesday)
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