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To protect and serve* If we could choose our police like our cell service, I'd pay for the police force that required military service or punished officers who

• kube-system 4y ago
  "protect and serve" is a motto that originated from a contest in a magazine. It's not a quote from a legal text. We vote by wallet for our cell service and we vote by ballot for our police budgets. If you can only afford a house in a neighborhood with a Cricket Wireless tax base, then you get Cricket Wireless quality police.
  • johndevor 4y ago
    > We vote by wallet for our cell service and we vote by ballot for our police budgets. And you're free to start a new wireless company. But try starting a new police force and you'll get arrested. Not the same.
    • kube-system 4y ago
      It is absolutely possible to create a new police force in the US, and not really that uncommon. https://www.aclu.org/blog/national-security/creating-your-own-police-department https://www.aclu.org/blog/national-security/creating-your-ow... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_police#United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_police#United_States In fact, schools are a good example of this. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campus_police#United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campus_police#United_States Creating a new police force is probably not any harder than making an MVNO and probably much easier than acquiring spectrum to create a real wireless carrier.