There could be some serious drama on the way
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New NFL protocols could force the Las Vegas Police Department to refuse to provide the necessary policing for Las Vegas Raiders matches when the new NFL season gets underway.
There are new security measures being introduced by the NFL this season and it may lead to a boycott from one of the biggest city police forces in the country.
“We’ve had a big concern over something the NFL is trying to push out…They’ve gone a step far further,” Las Vegas Police Protective Association President Steve Grammas, via TMZ Sports.
Initially, Gammas said the NFL had officers “sign off on an agreement that you would absolve them of all liability should anything happen to you in the course and scope of a game,” but they “removed” that policy.
However, the NFL has decided that it will be taking security officer’s biometric data and they’re going to use that however they need to.
“And they’re going to extend that to their NFL family partners to use your information should they need to… That branches into a lot of places that your biometric data could be exposed to a lot of people that you may not want it to be,” Gammas said.
Gammas is firm in his stance
Making sure that his point was getting across, Gammas read out the NFL policy in full which allows for “collection, use, retention, and disclosure of biometric data by and among members of the NFL family and their credentialing vendors, including Accredit Solutions Inc and Wicket LLC.
“We don’t know who all those people are, but I’m sure if you’re like me, you don’t want to have biometric data in the hands of people that you don’t know. These could be in the hands of people that are anti-cop that support a different agenda than what law and order supports. And I don’t think I want my biometric data in the hands of folks just because I wanted to work an overtime game or be down on the field during a football game.
“So until this is resolved, we’re gonna keep coming at you and letting you know we need you to know what rights you are giving up. You want us to work and secure the facility, we’ll do our job. But I don’t need to have my biometric data given up to the NFL just to do so.”
