Should mall security be granted special police powers?

In some states, private security companies are given full police powers, but most states don't have this law set in place. When i first started working mall security it was very fun, decent paying job to have as a college student.But after you work for awhile, thats when you start realizing and seeing all the crimes/fights that take place, and its not that enjoyable anymore. In our training were told to notify the police whenever crime occurs. The thing is though, the police takes forever to get there and the bad guys always get away. A lot of mall patrons break all the rules and the police doesn't really help at all.There off-duty cops, they don't want to be hled with the paper work. I'm like why does the mall hire cops, when they don;t do much or fail to respond quickly enough. The other thing is the police isn't their 24/7, their are days when their not in the mall, and thats when most crime takes place. Since mall security performs near police functions, shouldn't they be given special police powers. Mall security detects, deters, observes and reports crime. They respond to incidents such as fights, to vehicle break-ins. I don't feel safe working the mall knowing i'm unarmed security, and not much authority, if at all any to work with.