NCJ Number
174619
Journal
Security Journal Volume: 7 Issue: 2 Dated: July 1996 Pages: 129-133
Date Published
1996
Length
5 pages
Annotation
This paper considers the meaning of the concept of police, the distinction and the relationship between public and private, professional and voluntary policing services, and the extent to which private and voluntary policing exists in Turkey.
Abstract
The concept of private police in Turkey means only guards or security officers employed by private companies, not security firms or the security industry; private detective bureaus are not legal in Turkey. Commercial companies do not carry out policing functions, but many commercial and industrial companies employ their own security officers to protect buildings and valuables. Banks also use private guards for cash-carrying. Should private companies be legalized, the enhanced status of the profession would attract young people seeking a career or new opportunities. Since there is no organized form of voluntary police in Turkey but only individual volunteers who can be referred to as vigilantes, the author argues that vigilantes do not cooperate with the police and that the organization of voluntary policing is an urgent issue in Turkey. 32 references