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[-] zaphod@sopuli.xyz 11 points 2 months ago

Does that actually count as a police department or is that more like a private security company and they have to call the real police if anything happens?

[-] PriorityMotif@lemmy.world 23 points 2 months ago

It's a real police department, The United States postal service also has their own police department.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_Pacific_Police_Department

[-] zaphod@sopuli.xyz 13 points 2 months ago
[-] wjrii@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago

Yeah, the idea of "train police" is actually perfectly sensible since it's specialized and both the criminals and victims will be constantly transiting between jurisdictions. The fact that they're actually owned by the railroads is a creepy legacy of the original gilded age plutocracy. I first learned about this when I saw the BNSF cops driving around Fort Worth with "Police" on the door instead of "Security" like I would have expected.

[-] Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 3 points 2 months ago

The more oddly specific the police force's jurisdiction, the more scared to be if they take an interest in you.

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