Private police

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' May 2013 Occupational Employment and Wages report, police officers across the country make, on average, just $28.23 an hour. Paid details nearly match that and ultimately supplement an officer's annual income. Perhaps most important though is that residential communities and businesses want the security. In fact, a 2013 United Nations report found that the private security industry is booming globally, growing at 7.4 percent a year and on target to balloon to a $244 billion by 2016. What's unclear, however, is exactly for whom do these off-duty cops work. Is it the residential organizations and companies footing the bill for their security services, or their municipalities and taxpayers? During the Myers incident, under what authority did the officer initiate contact with him and, ultimately, pull the trigger? And, if Myers' killing wasn't justified, who is liable? Who is accountable?