Posted on 04/06/2013 9:45:27 AM PDT by george76
With cities cutting their police to balance budgets, some well-to-do neighborhoods are hiring private security, marking an expansion of unarmed guards beyond office parks and gated communities.
On the streets of Oakland, budget cuts have made the beat cop a rare breed, and some of the citys wealthy neighborhoods have turned to unarmed security guards to take their place.
After people in Oaklands wealthy enclaves like Oakmore or Piedmont Pines head to work, security companies take over, cruising the quiet streets to ward off burglars looking to take advantage of unattended homes.
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the private security industry is projected to grow by about 19 percent from 1 million to 1.2 million guards between 2010 and 2020
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Documentation File on the harmful impact of the Counterculture of Obamanation on America.
Good luck on finding any ammo. The smart ones got their guns and ammo a long time ago.
Abortion......it's for the children.
private police is how the rest of the world works.
when these hollyweird eletes buy homes abroad they use these private security operations.
second amendment rights for them but not for thee.
The "rest" being the 1% elites, of course. The little people can just wait for the cops to show up with the chalk and the yellow tape.
Why would you ask permission?
Here’s an idea: make the transition from depending on government employees to defend you to depending on the safety of a reliable firearm.
Union cops keep getting raises and improved retirements. Cities and towns can’t afford that, so the budget takes a hit. Year after year.
Pretty soon, small towns and cities will have only a skeleton crew of police, with just a few on shift at any given time. The same goes for fire departments.
This is not gonna end well. Guaranteed.
” - - - Pretty soon, small towns and cities will have only a skeleton crew of police - - - - “
A quote from Paul Harvey comes to mind:
“WHEN YOUR OUTGO EXCEEDS YOUR INCOME, YOUR UPKEEP WILL BE YOUR DOWNFALL.”
Why would you ask permission?
Who said that I would?
I live here, I would guess 85% of those paying for private security are lifetime Liberal Democrats. They have names like Ron, Gwen and Moira...they go see their Ivy-Cal-U. Chicago friends in San Francisco and travel first class back home to their families.
They realize that making $500K means little here after losing 55% to the Feds and State, plus property, sales and other taxes and fees, you end up netting 35-40%.
They worked hard, though you could recreate Westchester, Darien, Weston or Fairfax in CA...what you forget is that there are seething savages in the flats...
The reckoning here will be epic...saved an extra 20 gallons of gas...to get the F out when the SHTF. They will watch their yuppie, organic, play date and Tahoe lives go up in smoke.
Maybe they will understand now the meaning of you reap what you sow?.
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