>Why can’t neighborhoods vote every year whose contract to renew? Because privatization like that is not ideologically compatible with a lot of people. IMO th

>Why can’t neighborhoods vote every year whose contract to renew? Because privatization like that is not ideologically compatible with a lot of people. IMO the "basic patrol work", "standing around to dissuade anyone from trying anything" and "professional witness" duties that cops fulfill could be contracted out to private security the same way we subcontract out EMS. I'm more hesitant to contract out the investigative bits. Edit: And before any dolts show up to call me the L word I would just like to make it clear I don't advocate for this out of some love for privatization. I think that getting cops off the government "team" is the most tractable path we have to a solving a lot of the problems we have holding them accountable.