That is indeed illegal. The NY State Department of State regulates and licenses private security guard firms and the guards themselves. There are strict rules regarding what their uniforms say, what the signs on their cars say, the appearance of the patches on their uniforms, etc. Basically everything HAS to say SECURITY and only SECURITY. Any uniform or vehicle labeled something else, especially POLICE, is 100% illegal.Originally Posted by Phil D.
Complain to the NY State Dept of State
http://www.dos.state.ny.us
Here's the official complaint form:
http://www.dos.state.ny.us/lcns/pdfs/1507.pdf
They've hidden all their real contact info, but here it is...
Hauppauge office: (631) 952-6583, Hauppauge State Office Building, 250 Veterans Memorial Highway, Hauppauge, NY 11788
NY City office: (212) 417-5790, 123 William St, 19th Floor, NY, NY 10038
Albany office: (518) 474-4429, 84 Holland Ave, Albany, NY 12208
Please note that your complaint has a high chance of being tossed. My dad is retired Dept of State investigator, and his contacts there now say as Pataki is fighting for his political life (the Dept is headed by the Secretary of State, which of course is the #3 position in the state hierarchy) every move they make is politicized. Hence, chances are if they wanted to straighten out this Islip situation, it would have been done already. It's to the point that where normally if they received a complaint that was outside of their jurisdiction they would refer the complainant to the AG's office, but since Spitzer will be running for Gov against Pataki, they are now instructed to basically tell the caller to get lost to keep Spitzer from getting any extra positive exposure.
And that's today's insight on how our wonderful state government is working to protect YOUR interests. :)
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