The article is spot on. I serve on a public school board and it took hours of persuasion of other “conservative” members to convince them the school district should not start a police force. Every political subdivision in my area including city, county, port authority, marina, urban school disticts, lifeguards, game wardens, environmental enforcement, and so on ad nauseum, all have police forces. And guess what? They all have SWAT teams, body armor, automatic weapons, riot gear and armored vehicles.
The police state is upon us and it is going to take a major upheavel to reverse this trend. No politician anywhere wants to be portrayed as anti-police.
One of the reasons for that is they reap the benefits of police intimidation of the populace. Keeping the people down.
Let's get real here. Armed and vigilant citizens deter crime and stop crime in progress. Police [sometimes] apprehend the criminals **after** the crime has been committed. Police do not protect us. They can't. Catching criminals after they rob you is not protection.