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CMV: Defunding the police will move it to the private sector, making it less accountable

So I’m seeing a lot of Democrats on twitter pushing for defunding the police because of all the abuses. I’ve noticed the “Imagine” posts going around detailing all the new mental health, counseling and anti-poverty services that could ostensibly replace police services. Let’s say that addresses the supply side of the issue.

On the demand side, however, I believe wealthy individuals and businesses will still want 24/7 security that can intervene at a moment’s notice. Not being able to turn to the government for the specific type of manpower that will allow them to sleep comfortably at night, they will create a market for basically mercenary forces. And of course, they’ll have plenty of talent to recruit from disbanded police departments and possibly militias like the Proud Boys. Given the 2nd Amendment, I’m not sure what government at any level will be able to do to prevent this from happening to some degree.

These private mercenary forces will have every incentive to act ruthlessly. They will not be official public servants tasked with protecting the public.
They will be protecting property and VIPs.

We’ll thus have a two-tiered security apparatus—one public and nonviolent, the other private and violent. Local governments will surrender their monopoly on violence to people likely less certified, less trained and less answerable to the government than police officers currently. In fact, I suspect they will allow private interests to exert pressure on elected officials in new ways.

Given that conservatives would probably be the ones
mostly hiring and staffing such groips, this could also have some uncomfortable repercussions on public debate.

So that’s my view. I’m definitely open to having it changed, so please have at it.
gpt
>These private mercenary forces will have every incentive to act ruthlessly. They will not be official public servants tasked with protecting the public. They will be protecting property and VIPs.

Such a private mercenary force would not have governement contacts. That means no qualified immunity, no sweetheart deals with DA's, and so on.

It would be easier to hold them accountable, than to hold the police accountable.

The second amendement just allows a person to have a gun. It doesn't give them any power beyond that.