Many progressives claim that quite apart from arguments over costs there is a moral argument for providing universal police protection. "Police protection should be a right of all citizens, not a commodity that is bought and sold," insists Hugh Topian, of the nonprofit Center for Democracy and Stuff in Washington, D.C. Topian points out that America's system of tax breaks for companies that buy health insurance for their employees is heavily skewed toward the rich and powerful. A corporate executive with a "gold-plated" personal security plan might be given 24-hour police protection by a dozen mercenaries, while workers whose employers do not provide crime insurance are frequently mugged or killed while for-profit police officers are standing nearby.

Nothing better than a "bought" police force folks, you can always rely on them for the violent videos seen from time to time, etc. Who in Hell believes that everything run by the state is automatically slow, inefficient and biased when it is usually private companies, etc. because of economising to be sure they make a profit.

Just the fact that police are there to enforce the law, which applies to everyone, should indicate there's no place for "for profit" policing.

This makes me think of a line from that western movie about the women who became outlaws (I forget what it was called)... one of the characters said "If the law doesn't include me, then it doesn't apply to me either."