The Record (Bergen County, NJ), December 11th, 1997
The Record (Bergen County, NJ) 12-11-1997 FREE-LANCE COPS -- BADGES AND GUNS, BUT NO ACCOUNTABILITY Date: 12-11-1997, Thursday Section: OPINION Edition: All Editions -- 4 Star, 2 Star P, 2 Star B, 1 Star Late, 1 Star Early
LONG before the days of Dragnet, little boys loved to dress up like cops, get the bad guys, and point pretend guns. So do some big boys.
But in New Jersey, a roving band of police wannabes relish police powers and carry real guns.
Incredibly, a bizarre group called the New Jersey Detective Agency interprets an obscure 1871 law as giving its members the full authority of...
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