title: Private security and municipal police: an atmosphere of cooperation.
abstract: The author, a former deputy chief of police, discusses the importance of mutual cooperation between private and contract security and local police agencies. He discusses the steps he took to forge a bond between his hospital security staff and the local police department.
authors.affiliation: Stamford Hospital, Stamford, CT, USA.
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Perrotta
mesh_terms: D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D006764:Hospitals, Community / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D016495:Police / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012637:Security Measures / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012926:Social Control, Formal; D014481:United States