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Dear Mr. Ciaccio:

Your request for an Attorney's General's opinion concerning the contracting of a private or public security company to serve the Lakeview area has been forwarded to me for research and reply. In your opinion request you asked the following question:

Is there any prohibition which prevents any individual or entity, private or public, that contracts with the Lakeview Crime Prevention District for the provision of security patrols in the district, other than the New Orleans Police Department, from performing an investigatory stop based upon reasonable suspicion that a crime:(1)…