# Would squealing to the press help?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-squealing-to-the-press-help/825424>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [December 2, 2018, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-squealing-to-the-press-help/825424 "2018-12-02T00:37:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![Doug\_K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5ac83/32.png) [@Doug\_K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_K)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2018, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-squealing-to-the-press-help/825424/41 "2018-12-05T15:27:37Z")

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> [@Urbanredneck](#):
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> Yes, they are. Same way as some universities have their own police. I used to live by one and their cops had the right to hand out tickets on public streets surrounding the college and I have even seen them go to a house around outside the college. I heard, and this might be wrong, but they had authority over about 1 mile away from the college.
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> So no, school cops wouldnt have to report things to local police.

Yes they would. My college went from private security to using police. A time honored prank was to sneak into the museum in administration building at night and move things around. If the students got caught and had done no damage it was treated like any other prank. But the first year of using police a couple of students were charged with felony burglary (because of the value of the clothing the mannequin they moved was wearing). The school did NOT want to press charges, but because the security officer who caught them was an actual police officer they had no say in the matter.

So yes, school cops do have to report things to local police because they ARE local police.

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2018, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-squealing-to-the-press-help/825424/42 "2018-12-05T18:35:02Z")

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> [@Lord\_Feldon](#):
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> I don’t know where this…event supposedly happened, but at least one of the school districts in his area does have its [own separate police department](http://kckps.org/index.php/65-departments/police).

Ignorance fought. It looks like officers employed through them do work directly for the district, though I note that the org chart for the KCKPD itself does have SROs under their Community Support Division. I don’t feel like digging enough to see what the exact relationship between KCKPD and the KCKPSPD (oof) is like.

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