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These Wackenhut people are really too much. They think they are a bunch of cops and strut around like they own everything. My understanding is they have no more than arrest powers than any citizen, regardless of the fancy uniforms that make them look like deputies.
They got the contract to patrol the local commuter trains in South Florida, and they have a record of intimidating and threatening train patrons - made more complicated given their apparent right to carry guns on their belts (at least in Florida).
I am glad to see the guards that were involved in the OGG fiasco were criminally charged - and the 'terroristic threat' charge has a nice ring to it, and will hopefully include some jailtime.