Even if they were a real life police officer, such as myself, the spirit of the internet would pretty much gurantee they have no jurisdiction in the matter which they are “policing”. I for one, could care less about enforcing the law when im playing SL. If i want to go enforce the law I’ll go to work, not do it on a game I like to play on my off time. Minus perhaps a RL Officer helping to set up some sort of RP thing or some such, I can’t see much more involvement.

Stick to the moderators / Abuse reports / etc, even if they don’t do anything. Call the real police about an SL issue, you’re going to get laughed off the phone. Sorry, that’s just how it is.

Take the Amaretto horses lawsuit for an extreme example of what courts think of SL.

Enjoy.

I see many postings above that list police and superhero groups together as assuming and portraying authority that is not granted them by the TOS or CS, however I really feel that these types of groups are seperate and distinct in portraying the level of authority they really possess.

A Police group is an analog to real life law enforcement ‘ported to the virtual world of SL. Someone out there wearing an approximation of a rl police uniform, gun badge, etc, is clearly drawing a parallel and that may lead to problems simply by the inference of users that if they see a uniform they regularly see or a close approximation therof from RL, they might be logically sanctioned to do so. Though conversation likely will clear out the misconception of this assumption, assuming a citizen feels comfortable enough to get clarification.

A Superhero group on the other hand, by definition of the genre, pre-supposes that they are not analogous to law enforcement. They are neither elected nor put in power by the owners of the virtual world, nor are they an analogous ‘port of any Real Life law enforcement agency. It should be abundantly clear that if you’re a superhero, you are either acting alone or in association with other superhero’s to pick up the slack where law enforcement of any type leaves off.

So I would have to point out that at least with the superhero groups, there is no possible way to imply that they have been put in charge by any authority other than their own need to help out where they see some area not covered.

Now, that said, it is an important fact to consider that love or hate these PD or Superhero groups, more often than not, when trouble comes, citizens make the call to one or both types of organizations for assistance. No one has forced them to do so and this clearly denotes a need.

The larger questions that few are discussing that can therefore be inferred from these actions is; Is the G-team not large enough to effectively deal with the policing task of SL? Would expanding their size be cost prohibitive? If so, would they be empowered to deputize citizens or groups to aid them?

Or, even more largely thinking, since the grid is growing and becoming more difficult to police or gain assistance form Linden staff, at what point is an inworld governmental authority/council going to be demanded by the citizens, and when/if that happens, what will be the scope of their mandate, what powers will they demand over their world from Linden Lab and what agency(ies) will they choose to enforce the generally accepted rules put forward by that authority/council? And finally what tools will be at their disposal to do so?

The last time anybody remembers them doing anything like that was early in 2007, by one guy who got thrown out by the JLU over a year and a half ago, and you’re still trying to build that up into a scandal?? “Anonymous”? It’s gotta be Int again, nobody else has an axe to grind like that. I mean, you have to admit, given the reputation of the JLU lately, you sound pretty fucking stupid.

Pro-tip: Nobody could do a thing to you, IntLibber, if the Linden Lab database didn’t prove out everything you’re accused of doing. The Lindens don’t act without that proof, so nobody can just make shit up and make it stick. Unless they bribe Lindens, or they throw tons of money at them so they can keep them on a short leash like you seem to be doing. Spending all your time accusing other people of doing what you yourself are most guilty of is pretty pathetic, really. Aren’t you even the slightest bit embarrassed to be you?

These are the kind of people who brown nosed the teachers in elementary school and tattled on everyone in sight, to the point where they start making up things to get people they don’t like in trouble. It applies here. Though naturally most people who play SL have maturity levels like this. JLU, GLC, SLPD, RLC, and any other fucktarded RP police group that roams SL needs to get the fuck out. There’s zero accountability, and in most cases, these groups just go by “that person looks shady, let’s get them banned”.

or they get rubbed the wrong way by someone who doesn’t want their “services” and they go on a mission to discredit and ruin that person and get them kicked out of SL.