Somewhat surprisingly, this seems to be basically a pro 'defund the police' argument in the end. > “If you have an effective criminal-justice system, and you h

Somewhat surprisingly, this seems to be basically a pro 'defund the police' argument in the end. > “If you have an effective criminal-justice system, and you have effective community partners that are assisting towards long-term community transformation, then, yes, traditional security models—the security model of observe and report—works,” he says. “But when you have a breakdown in societal connectivity, you lose the ability to operate out of that business model. So we had to come up with something unique and different.” And what they came up with is something with probably better outcomes (in terms of reducing violence) than law enforcement. Of course, there is no guarantee that private security will remain "social service-y".