There's an alternative to that as well. When the poor couldn't pay for the private police they didn't just give up on security they just created their own polic

There's an alternative to that as well. When the poor couldn't pay for the private police they didn't just give up on security they just created their own police force, the Italian Mafia the Irish mob, etc. Almost all of these started to provide security to communities that were otherwise not being provided for.