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Nearly all government services other than the cops and firefighters are farmed out to 3rd parties. Usually there’s a “waste management” company that signs a contract with a municipality to provide garbage services instead of the city just owning trucks. Neoliberalism bay-beee!!!
Water is a bit more complicated, like other utilities it’s usually some sort of complex private/public partnership.
Kinda surprised there is no private police force yet because it seems like a great choice for neoliberal privatisation.
Kinda surprised there is no private police force yet because it seems like a great choice for neoliberal privatisation.
because cops have the strongest unions. they're the only work force (I know, cops aren't "workers" but you get what I mean) in the country that is universally unionized and armed. and since their job is to serve reactionary ends, and oppress the rest of the workers, the capitalists permit this.
https://www.adt.co.uk/monitoring-plans/private-security-response
That's where Private Security Response comes in. As well as alerting you to an alarm, we immediately deploy a security guard to your home to investigate. There are two types of cover: external check and keyholder
keyholder
hmm...
universities often have their own private police forces
It's because police have strong "unions"
Unions work even for evil assholes.
Because these entities are never in solidarity with actual labor unions (the opposite in fact), it has been suggested that the 'police unions' should actually be understood as professional associations, a more fittingly exclusive organization form.
One Small "Union" to bring them all, and in the darkness bind them
Yes there is, its called private security.