re: #20 Eclectic Cyborg

Regarding the “church police” thing:

The church I go to has around 1200 members. It is also a school. We have a security team of mostly military veterans and retired law enforcement. Most people on the team have CCWs.

Our head Pastor is very particular about who gets on the team. Only those with extensive firearms safety training and related experience are considered.

Also, they know when a matter is serious enough to be turned over to the police.

Sounds like your church, EC, has it pretty together when it comes to security, but how are they organized? Just volunteer congregants? Hired pros? The Alabama thing seems weird* since it appears to have taken an Act of the Lege to authorize the Briarwood Church to form its own “department”: and I still haven’t seen or read any explanations as to the difference in status.

* OK, it’s Alabama…