YOU SEE THE MEN AND WOMEN WEARING BLUE UNIFORMS DOING ALL KINDS OF GOOD THINGS FOR THE MOHEGAN TRIBE ON AND OFF THE MOHEGAN RESERVATION IN UNCASVILLE, CONNECTICUT.
WHO AM I TALKING ABOUT? THE MOHEGAN TRIBAL PUBLIC SAFETY (OUTSIDE SECURITY). THE MEN AND WOMEN MANNING BOOTHS, DRIVING THE FORD ESCAPE HYBRIDS (ELECTRIC CHAIR) CARS, RIDING BICYCLES, AND WALKING AROUND THE RESERVATION. THEY ARE KEEPING THE TRIBE AND ITS PROPERTY SAFE. THEY WATCH OUT OVER FORT SHANTOK, FORT HILL ELDER HOUSING, THE GOVERNMENT BUILDING, THE WAREHOUSES, PARKING LOTS, GARAGES, THE TANTAQUIDEGON MUSEUM, THE MOHEGAN CHURCH AND OTHER THINGS.
EVEN THOUGH , SECURITY IS NOT THE POLICE (THEY HAVE NO LAW ENFORCEMENT CAPABILITY) THEY DO MANY THINGS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE TRIBE. FROM MY OBSERVATIONS, THEY ARE THE FIRST RESPONDERS. IN MY OPINION, SECURITY IS MORE LIKELY TO ENCOUNTER SOMETHING HAPPENING THEN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. THAT CREATES A PROBLEM. WHAT IS THE PROBLEM?
IF YOU LOOK OR ANYONE FOR THAT MATTER, SHOULD LOOK AT THEM SOMETHING OBVIOUS POPS OUT AT YOU. THEY ARE UNARMED. WHY IS THAT? I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT THEY ARE UNARMED BECAUSE OF POSSIBLE LIABILITY OR LAWSUITS BROUGHT AGAINST THE TRIBE IF THEY WERE ARMED AND ABUSED THAT POWER. NO ONE IS SAYING THEY SHOULD NOT DEFEND THEMSELVES IF ATTACKED.
THE MOHEGAN POLICE HAVE THE POWER TO DETAIN AND TURN OVER TO THE STATE POLICE ALLEGED LAW BREAKERS. I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT SECURITY CAN NOT DETAIN SOMEONE, BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT PEACE OFFICERS (POLICE). THAT IS UNDERSTANDABLE. IN THEORY, SECURITY COULD COME UPON AND MAN DRIVING OFF WITH A STOLEN CAR, OR VANDALIZING SOMEONES CAR AND THEY COULD NOT DO ANYTHING BUT OBSERVE. I WAS TOLD IF IT WAS A FIGHT OR SOME KIND OF PHYSICAL ABUSE, THEY CAN TRY AND BREAK IT UP.
THE POLICE OFFICERS SUPPOSEDLY CARRY GUNS, CLUBS, MACE, HAND CUFFS, AND TASERS. WHAT DO THE SECURITY DEPARTMENT WORKERS HAVE? FROM MY OBSERVATION, NOTHING. I THINK THEY SHOULD HAVE SOMETHING. I BELIEVE, WE (THE MOHEGAN TRIBE) ARE PUTTING THEM IN HARMS WAY WITH OUT PROTECTION.
WHAT WOULD BE SO BAD IF WE TRAINED AND GAVE THEM, ANY OF THE FOLLOWING: TASERS, BILLY CLUBS, MACE OR PEPPER SPRAY. HOW ABOUT WE GIVE THEM LARGE EIGHT D BATTERY FLASH LIGHTS? THEY COULD BE TRAINED TO ONLY USE THESE THINGS IF THEY WERE IN EMINENT DANGER. THERE COULD BE A STRICT POLICY ON THE USE OF THESE ITEMS. IN MY OPINION, WHAT THE MOHEGAN GOVERNMENT IS DOING IS WRONG. WHAT ABOUT A POSSIBLE LAWSUIT BROUGHT BY A SECURITY GUARD OR HIS FAMILY, WHO WAS HURT BECAUSE OF THIS SITUATION? COULD THIS HAPPEN? ARE WE (THE MOHEGAN TRIBE) GOING TO WAIT UNTIL SOMEONE GETS HURT TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS SITUATION? WHAT DO YOU THINK?
TRIBAL MEMBERS, WHEN YOU COME IN CONTACT WITH THESE MEN AND WOMEN IN BLUE, SAY THANKS AND WAVE TO THEM. LET THEM KNOW HOW MUCH WE APPRECIATE THEM. THEY DO A FINE JOB FOR THE MOHEGAN TRIBE. SECURITY, THANK YOU.
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I agree that the Protective Service Officers need more to protect themselves and defend themselves when put in danger. I'm a formal PS Officer and can tell you first hand that on many occassions, I felt my safety was at risk. One example happened a little over two years ago when I had to search for a suspect who was breaking into cars at the Riverview valet. Walking through the woods behind the Mohegan gas station at 2 a.m. with only a small flashlight was extremely dangerous. The suspect was later found by a PS supervisor and handed over to the State police. When handed over to the State police, the suspect began fighting them and trying to light the officers on fire with a lighter. What would've happened if the suspect did that to me...alone in the woods at 2 a.m.?
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