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As Dan Gilbert keeps buying buildings in downtown Detroit – more than 70, now – we're seeing the prospect¹ of new businesses, new tenants², and new people downtown.

Detroit Free Press columnist³ Nancy Kaffer wonders what this means in terms of private security and public space.

Her column this week, "Watching Dan Gilbert's Watchmen," follows another column from a couple of months ago, and takes a look at the state of private security forces in the downtown Detroit area.

Her concern lies in the fundamental difference between private security agencies and public police agencies.

"The difference here is that private security doesn't have to be accountable to anyone except the people who are paying it," Kaffer says.

She also tells us that the physical reach or jurisdiction⁴ enjoyed by private security under the employ of businesses like Quicken Loans/Rock Ventures means that private security forces are patrolling public spaces.

Kaffer commends those like Gilbert for buying buildings in Detroit, for moving companies into them, for bringing workers into the area, and for participating in the Live Midtown and Live Downtown programs.

"They're doing a lot of stuff to ... bring people into downtown Detroit, and I think that's fantastic. And I also believe they feel a responsibility to those people. They brought these workers downtown, and they want to keep them safe," Kaffer says. "As I have said in every column I've written, I'm not saying they shouldn't be doing it. I'm saying that I want to talk about what they're doing, and I want there to be some transparency and accountability."

1 prospect   

n.前景，前途；景色，视野

参考例句：

• This state of things holds out a cheerful prospect.事态呈现出可喜的前景。
• The prospect became more evident.前景变得更加明朗了。

2 tenants   

n.房客( tenant的名词复数 )；佃户；占用者；占有者

参考例句：

• A number of tenants have been evicted for not paying the rent. 许多房客因不付房租被赶了出来。
• Tenants are jointly and severally liable for payment of the rent. 租金由承租人共同且分别承担。

3 columnist   

n.专栏作家

参考例句：

• The host was interviewing a local columnist.节目主持人正在同一位当地的专栏作家交谈。
• She's a columnist for USA Today.她是《今日美国报》的专栏作家。

4 jurisdiction   

n.司法权，审判权，管辖权，控制权

参考例句：

• It doesn't lie within my jurisdiction to set you free.我无权将你释放。
• Changzhou is under the jurisdiction of Jiangsu Province.常州隶属江苏省。