There's a group of impostors around here. I haven't seen them in person, but a buddy of mine works at one of the tool and die shops nearby and sees them whenever he works midnights. This group all hangs out at a coffee shop that's a bit off the beaten path, but my buddy told me that they all have the following, or variants thereof:
-CVPIs w/ flashy "Security" markings, none of which are those of any private security company here. Some have lightbars, others have dashmounts, all have grille flashers. Given our laws, likely A/A lights, but you never know...
-All appear to have some form of siren in their vehicles. Buddy said that you could see speakers visible behind the grilles of all of them.
-All have scanners, both in their vehicles and on their persons. They fail to realize that the city police have been encrypted for 20+ years now.
-Most/all are wearing uniforms that look a lot like LE uniforms, but with SECURITY patches on them and some sort of custom-made shoulder flash that apparently looks eerily-similar to an LE one. Some wear what appear to be black plate carriers or spike vests too.
-All are wearing some form of duty belt w/ASPs, handcuffs, radio holder, flashlights, etc. Some have OC spray. All fail to realize that while it's legal to own an ASP in Canada, it's illegal to carry it like that. Same applies to OC spray, except in very specific circumstances.
-One apparently has a CVPI with a cage. A couple of them have older-model pushbars on theirs.
-Most/all of the CVPIs have spots on them.
These guys hang out at this Tim Horton's all night. There's a bunch of them too. This particular Timmie's is in a strange location and only machine shops are nearby. This is likely for good reason. My buddy said that the next time he's on midnights, he's going to ask them if they're actually security officers or not. He said that they look like a bunch of psychos and the next time he sees them, he's calling LE on these guys. LE's going to have some fun with those clowns....