# Alabama mega church could get it's own police force

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 13, 2017, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alabama-mega-church-could-get-its-own-police-force/784382 "2017-04-13T15:06:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![DrumBum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e79b87/32.png) [@DrumBum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrumBum)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2017, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alabama-mega-church-could-get-its-own-police-force/784382/1 "2017-04-13T15:06:56Z")

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Briarwood Presbyterian, a mega church in Alabama may get it’s own [police force.](http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/12/us/alabama-church-police-force-trnd/index.html)

I’ll bet nobody dips in the offering plate. :eek:

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**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2017, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alabama-mega-church-could-get-its-own-police-force/784382/2 "2017-04-13T16:34:14Z")

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Watch out, the Deacons are packing heat. 😃

I guess they’ll install metal detectors at the doors next.

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**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2017, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alabama-mega-church-could-get-its-own-police-force/784382/3 "2017-04-13T16:48:55Z")

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I can see the concern that a crowd of this size could be a soft target by some disturbed person.

But I don’t see a need for a full police force. Three or four security guards in plain clothes could easily cover the front doors during services. A security camera could show who’s approaching the doors.

Security could cover the doors to the church school weekdays.

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**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2017, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alabama-mega-church-could-get-its-own-police-force/784382/4 "2017-04-13T17:49:16Z")

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We had a thread about this last month.

[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=821338](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=821338)

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**Author:** ![DrumBum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e79b87/32.png) [@DrumBum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrumBum)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2017, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alabama-mega-church-could-get-its-own-police-force/784382/5 "2017-04-13T19:44:22Z")

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Crap. I should have done a more through look before starting this thread. My apologies. Feel free to ignore it. ☹