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Do you have any pointers to the history of cops coming from corporations? In the UK, they came out of a government response against the inefficiencies of volunt
by dannyobrien 3y ago
Do you have any pointers to the history of cops coming from corporations? In the UK, they came out of a government response against the inefficiencies of volunteer enforcement groups in the 19th century, and were mostly opposed by civil liberties groups (including the City of London, which was, I believe, was an institution dominated by merchant interests even then).
- phatskat 3y agoThe podcast miniseries Behind the Police does a better job with the details, but policing in the US came out of two places: in the north, it came out of protecting the assets of businesses. In the south it was the same thing, but those assets were…people. Either way, policing came from the need for those with money to protect their “property”.