Quote Originally Posted by Renton View Post
Again, I defer to the private business model, not necessarily because it would automatically be better (it would, but that's another argument), but to compare the liability that a private security company would face when one of its employees shoots someone to death. The government is able to absorb the costs and reputation harm that comes with fiascoes like this because they have infinitely deep pockets and citizens aren't allowed to choose an alternative.

I suspect that in such a paradigm, normal beat cops wouldn't even be allowed to carry firearms (those would be reserved for swat teams or what not), and non-lethal tech would step up in a big way. But the way things currently are, such options aren't even on the table to consider.
Agreed.