But so do public industries

for instance a private prison system would be reliant on convictions to continue it's existence...

But prison guard unions in the USA already support harsher drug penalties

We can't stop the drug war because it would mean millions of unemployed law enforcement psychos

Tbh everyone is going to look out for own self interests and will act accordingly, only difference with a public industry is that they have a monopoly on power and thus taxation and can force people to use their services and make private competition illegal.

Yeah in general privatizing is the way to go

But a private police force is fucking retarded

Because they might have incentives to convict people without cause

Naa, that would mean they get paid or rewarded for # of arrests where I think private police would only survive if they prevented crime also

There's certain industries that just function better if inefficient

Law enforcement is one of those

I'd prefer a lazy deadbeat cop that ignores crime to one that actively plants evidence to hit his quota

police dont stop crimes from happening, just appear afterwards. Im sure someone linked here a private police VICE in a mexican town, and ive seen one in detroit too which has been successful

I mean how the fuck do you prove evidence was planted

it's literally impossible

All a cop has to do is bring a bag of drugs and say he found it in your car

When you add things that private industry would do, or even what some public forces do, like quotas, it becomes really fucked up

Same thing for prosecutors in the USA

they get elected based on how harsh they are

The entire thing is fucked

if police get a rep for planting evidence (which police do now lets be honest) you can just stop paying for that particular polices services and use a competitors. also if its a worry, I can run a business that has a policy of police wearing cameras at all times when on shift and footage can be openly viewed

Yeah I suppose then it'd be alright

But still it's fairly easy to plant evidence

Private industry is better equipped to change according to the needs and concerns of the customers

Just plant it before your shift and find the guy during your shift

I agree that private should be the default mode

The more important the industry however the more the argument for public becomes legitimate

Like for instance nutrition

Image if the guy you planted it on had some kind of CCTV and caught you, the fine you would get..... jesus

Id have a hardline on that shit if I were chief

imo it shouldn't be a fine

cops should get 10x the penalty for committing a crime

hah id lock up my own officers

maybe more

Like if a cop gets a ticket, it should be 10x the cost, assault, 10x the years in prison

etc.

id have the most squeaky clean, efficient police force in the county, otherwise you all go to my competitor and I go broke 😉

Yeah right

One thing I think should actually be regulated is nutrition

Primarily because of how far chemistry has come

Most foods are engineered to be addictive