I'm sure there are cops at private property who are there to provide security or for other purposes, but who are not acting as agents of the property owner.Well.. I kinda implied it with the private property statement
Personally, I'm more inclined to avoid malls than to deal with it. But if I found myself absolutely needing to deal with going to a mall, especially to that mall, I think my response to Officer Friendly might have been along the lines of: "Well, what do you suppose Elijah Dickens would do?"