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Why not give privatizing the police force a try?
Not like they could do any worse. Look at he fact that the the fraction of murders solved has decreased in the United States, from 90% in 1960 to 61% in 2007. It is even lower presently. This basically means that is they do not catch you over the body they will never catch you.
When was the last time the police prevented a crime, where I live they normally only come around to give a report on a robbery so the person who was robbed can submit it to their insurance company. I think a private force could do that just as well as they do now.
@ The messiah: In almost every home invasion rape, robbery and murder the police are either never called or called after the attacker has fled.
If you notice private police forces work great for rich neighborhoods. They get patrolled regularly and crime is very rare. Even property crime is almost nonexistent. Why shouldn't everyone have access to this type of protection.
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- Anonymous10 years agoFavorite Answer
Public police forces are charged with protecting the citizens of the cities and towns over which they have jurisdiction. Of course, there are instances of policemen overstepping their bounds, but these are exceptions, and the police officers and departments are ultimately responsible to the public.
Private police officers are different. They don't work for us; they work for corporations. They're focused on the priorities of their employers or the companies that hire them. They're less concerned with due process, public safety and civil rights.
Also, many of the laws that protect us from police abuse do not apply to the private sector. Constitutional safeguards that regulate police conduct, interrogation and evidence collection do not apply to private individuals. Information that is illegal for the government to collect about you can be collected by commercial data brokers, then purchased by the police.
We've all seen policemen "reading people their rights" on television cop shows. If you're detained by a private security guard, you don't have nearly as many rights.
For example, a federal law known as Section 1983 allows you to sue for civil rights violations by the police but not by private citizens. The Freedom of Information Act allows us to learn what government law enforcement is doing, but the law doesn't apply to private individuals and companies. In fact, most of your civil right protections apply only to real police.
- 10 years ago
Well the crime rate has been steadily dropping for a very long period of time; it just doesn't seem like it because they report crimes on the news more often than they used to. Privatizing the police force would be a very bad idea. You would be creating a profit motive for companies to put people in jail, which is never a good idea.
- metfan1245Lv 510 years ago
If I wasn't on my iPod I would post a link to the Onion story "libertarian refuses to call fire department."
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- ?Lv 510 years ago
So if I don't pay them I won't be bothered by them?
Sounds good to me. Pigs wouldn't get a single cent from me.
- ?Lv 410 years ago
911 caller: OMG OMG SOMEONE TRYING TO KILL ME. SEND THE POLICE OVER
911 dispatcher: that would be 5$. Paper or plastic?
911 caller: what the.....*bang*
