[Puppage]

Then why have a police force to begin with?

[JBW1949]

If this sh*t spreads to the real United States outside of Californicate, we are toast...

[ClearCase_guy]

Then why have a police force to begin with?

Off topic, but I recently went to a bank and interacted with a teller. I had two goals: 1) Deposit a check 2) Order more checks.

The teller would NOT let me deposit a check. That's what the ATM is for.
The teller would NOT order checks for me. That's what the website is for.

I'm thinking: why does the bank have tellers?

This whole world makes no sense to me anymore.

[Mr.Unique]

Then why have a police force to begin with?

To pay Union dues, create requirements for cool tactical gear, and protection of government dignitaries.

[donna]

I'm old enough to remember when not everyone had a telephone and when you moved, it took 6-weeks to get one installed.

People, somehow, survived without the ability to call the cops.

Let's do that again and see what happens.

[Amendment10]

"Then why have a police force to begin with?"

With all due respect to police departments, the courts are pointing out that police protection is not a constitutional right.

Justices Rule Police Do Not Have a Constitutional Duty to Protect Someone

But that’t why the Founding States made the 2nd Amendment, so that individual citizens could arm themselves to provide their own police protection.