What I learned from reading a thousand emergency room bills

Re:What I learned from reading a thousand emergency room bills by m-i-l on Friday December 21, 2018 @09:08AM (#18733355)

Following the current government's cutbacks to the state-run police, residents in one part of London (which is incidentally the "one of the safest ... seats in the United Kingdom"[0] for the current government) have funded their own private police force[1]. This is apparently working out well for them. The issue is that it furthers the division between the rich and the poor, with proper protection from crime becoming available only to the wealthy.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kensington_and_Chelsea_(UK_Par...

[1] https://www.theguardian.com/public-leaders-network/2018/feb/...

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Re:What I learned from reading a thousand emergency room bills by WalterBright on Friday December 21, 2018 @04:03PM (#18736634)

Those aren't police forces. From my reading of the articles, they do not have the power to arrest people, serve search warrants, evict people, etc. They do do detective work and security work.

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