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Dates: during 1977-1977
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What makes Ralph and Linnea Grebmeier notable is not just that they are man and wife but that the beat they pound is a family business. A member of San Francisco's freewheeling "Patrol Special" unit, Ralph Grebmeier paid $15,000 for the right to guard one of the city's 62 private patrol sectors-a two-mile-long swath that runs from the Golden Gate Bridge to Fisherman's Wharf. In return, he and his wife now collect $750 per week from 89 clients...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Law: Police for Hire | 1/24/1977 | See Source »

...Specials give customers all kinds of services beyond what the city provides. "I will be on call 24 hours a day," declares Grebmeier, 37. Clients pay anywhere from $35 a month (for a small family dwelling or retail store) to $450 (for a large apartment house) for three to six regular nightly inspections. For an extra fee, the Grebmeiers will collect mail on weekends, carry deposits to the bank, deliver children home from the airport or trail along with clients as bodyguards at $11.50 an hour...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Law: Police for Hire | 1/24/1977 | See Source »

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