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.
>>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. <<
I think it would be possible to privatize the police, but they would have to be rated on their impact on the "true" crime rate. That is the rate of crimes where people's rights are damaged. Murder, assault, theft, burglary etc. The vice laws would make this impossible. So until the vice laws are repealed, we are left with the laziness that is bred from the monopoly of government provided services.
Making the police paid for by the public does not remove the huge incentive to corrupt practices that the vice laws produce.