[A. Pole]

I don't believe in confiscation before a conviction.

But there are some big advantages to this approach. The police can be privatized and stop to be state controlled socialist institution. Police should generate its own income and free the taxpayers from the burden. Free market should be the highest authority in a free society.

Prisons also should be private and run for profit. The last link of the ailing justice system are the courts. They should be privatised also. That way the trials will be much faster and judges will have to earn their living by the fees.

No more socialism and no more feudal relics. Let money and market rule.

[DoughtyOne]

I would have to disagree with you. Situating a police department to benefit from it's arrests gives them an incentive to make unsupportable arrests. It's a terrible idea. The police work for the public. They should be paid by the public, their buildings, cars and other supplies paid for by the public. Disassociating them from the public creates an atmosphere where they could be considered a bandit operation.