Florida Pest Control Company Training Its Employees To Spy For Police

[elehhhhna]

What else are they looking for? Do YOU need a police seminar to tell you to make a 911 call if you see a crime actually being committed? Hmmm.


http://www.local6.com/news/4831973/detail.html

ORLANDO, Fla. -- One of Central Florida's largest pest control companies has been recruited by police to help fight crime, according to Local 6 News.

Technicians from Truly Nolen Pest Control of America are being trained by local law enforcement to spot anything unusual as they visit customer's homes.

"Our vehicles really get into the bowels of the neighborhood and we're back there where all the homes are, in the cul-de-sacs," Truly Nolen spokesman Barry Murray said. "And part of being a good neighbor is looking out for one another."

The pest control workers will call police if they see something unusual during their stops, according to the report.

"The pest control technicians who are coming to your home to investigate termites don't have any law enforcement capabilities, but if they see some two-legged creatures trying to make their way into your home, they'll call the police." Local 6 News reporter Deborah Garcia said.

"Our point is not to invade people's houses or make them feel like their privacy is being invaded. It's just to try to have an extra set of eyes and ears out there," Truley Nolen worker Ronnie Rachels said.
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"Truly Nolen wants criminals to know and be warned that if you see the company's yellow VW bugs, you are being watched," Local 6 News reporter Samantha Knapp said.

[mtnester]

1. Does this not make them agents for the police?

Lawyers?

BLATANT violation of civil rights...and so it begins, neighbors turning in neighbors.

I won't let anyone in my house now who is not family, that includes the gas meter reader. You don't like the meter in the basement? Fine, you put it there, now you can take it outside.

[randr]

2. Back in the USSR

One of the reasons my father gave me for the cold war and why we were to hate the Russians: they rat on each other.

[indepat]

3. Who will keep an eye on the pest control technicians?

[elehhhhna]

4. uh, the STASI, I guess. Or more likely, the unemployment office.

Would YOU hire that company?

[indepat]

8. Never, ever: may they lose customers in droves in perpetuity

[Wilber_Stool]

5. How much do you want to bet

their business falls off.

[Cyrano]

7. Hope you're right. As a great man once said, fuck 'em.

[mongo]

6. Does anyone know the legality of this?

I mean, let's say the pest guy finds spots a bong or something you accidentaly left out, or even better the marijuanna plants in your bedroom (silly you).

So what if he calls the cops? Isn't it hearsay? Can the police get a search warrent based on the pest control guy?