grant police no powers beyond the common mundane
remove all involuntary tax funding
all volunteer force
problem solved
Just as you may have additional stipulations if it came to fruition, I reserve the right to any reservations
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grant police no powers beyond the common mundane
-Seems reasonable. All people should have the right to apprehend a criminal, and that's the only power police should need. Makes sense.
remove all involuntary tax funding
-Seems appropriate, no one should have to pay for something they don't want (and particularly won't use, especially in its current state).
• It would raise concern with others that a vital service won't get funding, and not exist.
o I'd argue that a vital service would get funding, and if it didn't then it must not be so vital
• It raises the concern that people could avoid paying for a service but still enjoy all the benefits
o I suppose it'd be appropriate for those who pay to receive benefits as intended, but those in need to have accessibility via a pre-determined private rate (determined solely by the police agency, which presumably does want to uphold law and service as many people as possible ... otherwise, grounds for another agency to crop up)
• Presumably, the any funding the agency would receive would be enough to compensate volunteers. (Otherwise, I’ll be spending my life taking a job that puts food on my table).
o Presumably, any concerns about inadequate funding aren’t relevant. In my mind, I imagine a “coming of age” PSA put together by someone/organization that cares, telling you that you’re an adult and these are the things you need to know/pay for (or these are the consequences). No other cure for stupidity I don’t think, not off-hand.
• Having to be paid a full-time wage for full-time work kind of makes them seem more like employees ... and raises concerns about employee/employer liability, specifically in regards to excessive force/violation of individual rights
o Granted police are the saviors that people claim them to be, I don’t see why there wouldn’t be an insurance agency that could provide affordable insurance to the “volunteer” officers, and that their compensation would afford them this. Added benefit of bad/uninsurable officers being forced out due to their own financial concerns.
Great start, if not more. I would especially like the idea that people could de-fund the agency if it had bad policy, which is the incentive to change.
With all that out of the way, and under the assumption that we live in a world with
your ideal police force, if you saw a
drunk driver (visibly maintaining inadequate control of his vehicle, drifting from lane etc), would you call those police as a legitimate concern? Or does your previous post #19 stand? (Which I summarize as no violence/no issue – no call).
She was forced into porn? Really? She wasn't some young kid, she was a 21 year old woman, ffs. Honestly, I don't care if she did porn but I'd have more respect for her if she just point blank owned up to it. She's coming across as a perpetual victim. 
