[Amendment10]

This thread needs this important sidenote imo. One court has already decided, and I agree, that there is no constitutional right (my term) to police services.

Warren v. District of Columbia

The 2nd Amendment arguably clarifies that citizens their own police force.

Critiques welcome.

[colorado tanker]

You are correct. At the time of the Founding there weren’t organized police forces as we know them today. They evolved from the old constable/sheriff system in the 19th Century. So, an Originalist would say there is no constitutional right to police protection.