The Las Vegas Raiders quarterback battle will come down to a test this weekend when Gardner Minshew and Adrian O’Connell go against the Dallas Cowboys in the team’s second preseason game. However, another showdown between the Las Vegas Police and the NFL looms over the team this week.
Police object to a new policy about policing Las Vegas Raiders games
As previously discussed on GH, the Las Vegas police union has an issue with the league’s new security policy for the upcoming season. The league wants gameday staff to submit biometric data before they can enter Allegiant Stadium, and the police are worried about surrendering a facial ID to enter the stadium.
The police union sent a statement to the league
Las Vegas police are threatening not to work games, though the decision is voluntary for now.
Per a USA Today report:
President of the Las Vegas Police Protective Association Steve Grammas made a statement about the changes, emphasizing that the heart of the issue for the union is that collecting this information from staff in such a manner could lead to the data falling “[into] the hands of people who are anti-cop that support a different agenda than what law and order supports.”
NFL and Las Vegas Raiders fans react to the standoff
The league might have to concede the issue to the police, or it could consider hiring its own security forces to guard games.
Fans are divided on what the police are objecting to and what the league is demanding. Here are the best takes on fans’ reactions to the police threatening not to work Raiders games.
How many of these cops use iPhones? Just gotta ask😂😂
— NKY Bracket Guy (@BracketNky) August 13, 2024
I’m shocked that police officers would feel like the same rules society follows shouldn’t apply to them.
— Paul Moehringer (@PMoehringer) August 13, 2024
They should just comply. Right? Isn’t that what they tell normal citizens?
— Matt (@JerseySuave4) August 13, 2024
Haven’t casinos in Las Vegas been using facial recognition for years?
— FantasyLife.eth (@FantasyLife_) August 13, 2024
The union is right, there is no need for the NFL to have the fingerprints and home addresses of the Las Vegas police
— Robert Meat (@BobbyBeefing) August 16, 2024
The police though have no issue with everyone on the strip to be on CCTV and surveiled everywhere they go.
It’s ok to do it to everyone else but not us!— Jason – Bison Brewski F (@BisonBrewski) August 16, 2024
This completely unfair and big data theft possibility 🤦🏻♂️
— Mystic Explorer (@me_and_infinity) August 16, 2024
How evil has the @NFL become. Are they willing participants or are they just deceived?
— Gary Tillery (@GaryTiller51068) August 16, 2024
Using “private companies” to usher in the surveillance state. There has been an incredible push to use corporate leverage to wrangle Americans into compulsive submission. The future is a corporate oligarchy.
— UniversalMind (@UniversalMind99) August 16, 2024
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