I'd love to hear an argument against it :) Once the promise of defending the people is done (presumably in part to justify the existence of the government in t

I'd love to hear an argument against it :) Once the promise of defending the people is done (presumably in part to justify the existence of the government in the first place) the government doesn't have an incentive to stop or persecute crime which has already happened. Deterring potential criminals with random patrols and showing up when called is enough. A twitch streamer (SweetAnita) recently had problems with a stalker caught going to her house with a knife. Despite the police looking for him to question him for an unrelated assault he committed in public, and despite finding him with a knife a few minutes from Anita's house, the police released him. Could it be because of bureaucracy or occupancy issues in jails? Maybe! My point still stand, I'd prefer a private insurance firm defending me.