Police Mergers Are Not the Answer, but Privatization Is

Tags: Bureaucracy and Regulation, Legal System, Politics, The Police State

10/26/2023 Benjamin Seevers

Some small municipalities in Pennsylvania have disbanded their police departments, so others want to tax them for “depending” on state police. There is an even better course of action: allow private policing.

Original Article: Police Mergers Are Not the Answer, but Privatization Is

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