This article is a little misleading. The title implies that the town completely ditched law enforcement professionals, which is not the case. Instead, they replaced public cops with a private contracted security firm, and the security firm uses data analysis to decide where and how to place its personnel. Furthermore, it appears that there is more on-the-street coverage than when there were public cops.
So it is not a case where a town completely got rid of law enforcement. On the contrary, the town instituted a more effective system of law enforcement.
“On the contrary, the town instituted a more effective system of law enforcement.”
ie, went private. Will it work everywhere? Let’s get Scott Walker to purge the gov’t cops.
Titles are carefully designed to get you to click on the link, not to convey actual information.
Looks to me like a confirmation that privatization is a better option.
Exactly. There are lots of Detroit neighborhoods with private security. They don’t do criminal investigations or worry about petty crimes. If they see an assault or robbery going on they’ll intervene. They check out dark alleys and keep an eye on buildings for signs of break ins. They harass crack dealers by parking outside crack houses and acting like they’re taking pictures of people going in and out.
They’re actually fairly effective as a preventative measure simply because they’re visible.