criminals are going to love this like muzzies love KBR hopefully they will honestly publish their crime stats next year
On Nov 16, 10:08 am, Bruce Majors <[email protected]> wrote: > ** > > ** ** > > **** > > http://www.theatlanticcities.com/neighborhoods/2011/10/privatizing-po... > **** > Privatizing Police Work**** > > - Nate Berg <http://www.theatlanticcities.com/authors/nate-berg/>**** > - Oct 21, 2011**** > > Fighting crime is expensive. And if you’re a small town with diminishing > resources, the price of public safety can often be a heavy but necessary > burden. One small town in Minnesota is attempting to slash its costs by > outsourcing their police work to a private security firm.**** > > KARE-TV > reports<http://www.kare11.com/news/article/943000/396/Minn-city-ditches-deput...>that > the town of Foley, about 60 miles outside of Minneapolis, has handed > over its police work to General Security Services Corporation, a private > security provider that serves private homes, companies, commercial areas > and government buildings. Full-time patrols will begin in January.**** > > The town of about 2,600 had previously been relying on sheriff’s deputies > from Benton County, who would patrol the city for 17.1 hours a day at a > monthly cost of about $23,000 a month. The new deal with General Security > Services will cost $98,500 for six months, or about $7,000 less per month > than the cost of the sheriff’s deputies.**** > > Private policing is increasingly common in cities across the U.S., though > it’s typically only used for a > portion<http://www.thefreemanonline.org/columns/the-growth-of-privatized-poli...>of > a city’s public safety needs. It’s a trend that’s growing in cities > much > larger than Foley. Oakland, California, for example, hired a number of > private security guards to > patrol<http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124027127337237011.html>a > crime-ridden part of town in 2009. They got four private guards for > less > than the price of one police officer.**** > > But along with those savings come reduced services. Foley's private > security guards will be able to patrol areas and make citizen arrests, but > can’t investigate crimes or perform traffic stops. That trade-off could be > great for the city’s budget, but there’s also the possibility that the cost > of crime outweighs the cost of savings.**** > > ** ** > > __._,_.___ > Reply to > sender<[email protected]?subject=Re%3A%20Privatizing%20Police%20Work>| > Reply > to > group<[email protected]?subject=Re%3A%20Privatizing%20Police%20Work>| > Reply > via web > post<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Individual-Sovereignty/post;_ylc=X3oDMT...>| > Start > a New > Topic<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Individual-Sovereignty/post;_ylc=X3oDMT...> > Messages in this > topic<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Individual-Sovereignty/message/253265;_...>( > 1) > Recent Activity: > > - New > Members<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Individual-Sovereignty/members;_ylc=X3o...> > 1 > > Visit Your > Group<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Individual-Sovereignty;_ylc=X3oDMTJlcGp...> > Report any problems, suggestions or abuse to > [email protected] > > MARKETPLACE > > Stay on top of your group activity without leaving the page you're on - Get > the Yahoo! Toolbar > now.<http://global.ard.yahoo.com/SIG=15of0iqn0/M=493064.14543979.14562481....> > [image: Yahoo! > Groups]<http://groups.yahoo.com/;_ylc=X3oDMTJkbTJqaGxhBF9TAzk3NDc2NTkwBGdycEl...> > Switch to: > Text-Only<[email protected]?subject=Change+Delivery+Format:+Traditional>, > Daily > Digest<[email protected]?subject=Email+Delivery:+Digest>• > Unsubscribe<[email protected]?subject=Unsubscribe>• > Terms > of Use <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> > . > > __,_._,___ -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more.
