When most people think of police, they think of the public police in their locality. They think of calling the police, which means that in many circumstances, they do not think of calling private police. This observation is not meant to downplay the fact that private policing is a large growth industry. Private police are said to outnumber public police by large margins. Private policing is a real victory for libertarianism. However, as long as public police don’t charge for their services, people have an incentive to call them in preference to calling private police and having to pay for … Continue reading Police Shouldn’t be Free