@Mannyrock posted:Like most of us, I grew up watching movies that showed burly trainmen with clubs or axe handles, patrolling the railcars and beating up and throwing hobos off of the cars, sometimes to their deaths.
Just a curious thought. How to the railroads deal with bums and hobos they find in their box cars today?
What "box cars"?
Unless they are licensed state or county law enforcement officers, they are not allowed to arrest and hold somebody until police arrive, or they could be hit with huge false imprisonment lawsuits.
Not true. Railroad Police are indeed "licensed" law enforcement officers and can arrest & detain any sort of offenders, including trespassers.
Most states have outlawed "citizen arrests" by regular citizens, except in instances of violent felonies which pose an immediate risk of death or serious bodily injury to others. Simple trespass is not a violent felony.
Again, Railroad Police officers are NOT ""citizens" are are NOT making "citizen arrests". Also, trespassing on railroad property may not be a "violent felony", but the RR Police can still arrest you.
So, what do the "Railroad Dicks" do today?
They arrest trespassers in RR yards and thieves breaking into containers & trailers.
Mannyrock
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