For various reasons, this is very unlikely ever to happen. Freedom to do whacky stuff like this is unfortunately a privilege, not a right, in Alabama -- even i

For various reasons, this is very unlikely ever to happen. Freedom to do whacky stuff like this is unfortunately a privilege, not a right, in Alabama -- even if the law allows it. Briarwood is a ridiculously rich and well-connected church, so they might be able to make this happen. My guess is that Briarwood will basically be held to a standard that only a very wealthy church can meet in terms of facilities, training, or something like that. These standards will effectively be a moat to prevent non-rich churches (all or most non-white non-Christian churches fall into this category) from having their own police. That, or the legislation doesn't get passed for precisely the reasons you mentioned.