The taxpayer has paid for the training of the rent-a-cop, his uniform
and gun, and will pick up the legal tab for lawsuits stemming from the
police personnel following illegal instructions from its corporate
master. Lawsuits have already sprung up from the program.

The
corporations pay an average of $37 an hour (no medical, no pension
benefit, no overtime pay) for a member of the NYPD, with gun, handcuffs
and the ability to arrest. The officer is indemnified by the taxpayer,
not the corporation.

New York City gets a 10 percent
administrative fee on top of the $37 per hour paid to the police. The
City's 2011 budget called for $1,184,000 in Paid Detail fees, meaning
private corporations were paying wages of $11.8 million to police
participating in the Paid Detail Unit. The program has more than doubled
in revenue to the city since 2002. http://crooksandliars.com/susie-madrak/who-really-owns-nypd-turns-out-its-no