Who Do You Want To Protect You?
The average school shooting is said to only last for roughly 12 minutes, while the average police response time is said to be around 18 minutes or more.
And in some instances, the time that it takes to be victimized could be even less, with the entire crime taking place within mere seconds. Unfortunately, the police often only show up after the crime has taken place, not beforehand.
Depending on where you live and what neighborhood you frequent, most of us don't need to deal with the threat of being victimized by a mugger or worry that we are going to be raped while we're walking to the grocery store or coming home from work.
I think if the rate of victimization were to increase, and people were being victimized on a more frequent basis, that it would only more clearly point out to us the glaring shortcomings of the current model that is allegedly set up for our protection.
The way that policing is designed today, in many ways isn't working to meet the needs of those who fund the service.
In some instances, you could find yourself waiting up to an hour for the police to arrive and help you.
And in that time there is plenty of damage that could be inflicted upon you, your loved ones, or your property. So it might leave you wondering, is this the only option that we could ever come up with as far as trying to keep our loved ones safe? Should there only be one option?
Perhaps an alternative option might provide superior results?
At the moment, we're only given one option as far as what service we want to see try and carry out the responsibility of protecting ourselves or our property. And when we aren't satisfied with their abilities, we can always opt for extra private security protection. But should we have to add on the extra so that we can try to make up for the inability of the first organization?
If we aren't satisfied with their performance, why can't we opt for something else instead?
It seems that with the current model, we are unable to render any effective review when it comes to the performance of those whose sole task it is to try and offer some semblance of protection.
How would you like that, if you were forced to order pizza only from one establishment every time that you wanted to eat dinner, and you were never allowed to choose anything different—regardless of the results and efficiency of their performance.
It's very difficult for the police to calculate the value in regards to the services that they provide, because they aren't receiving any revenue on the market. And for this reason it makes it difficult for them to prioritize various activities from one another. How do they know which is producing more value: patrolling the roads, raiding pot shops, investigating a burglary etc. It's no wonder that this has prompted many departments to focus on the more lucrative activities, such as civil asset forfeiture in relation to many non-violent victimless crimes.
Unlike government organizations that seek to provide the service, private security companies are going to pay real consequences when things go wrong and when customers are dissatisfied with their performance.
The responsibility of protection is an important one and it's a job (if you want or need delegated to someone else) that should be left for people to carry out who have your best interest in mind, should it not? After all, if they don't have your interest in mind, how could they provide you any honest protection? But we aren't given a choice, we are only left with the forced option that we face now. And the government's frequent shortcomings and failure to prevent dangerous and violent events from taking place, will only perpetually reconfirm how ill-suited they are to try and carry out this responsibility.
Pics:
Pixabay
Sources:
https://ijr.com/2016/03/554002-heres-how-long-on-average-it-takes-for-police-to-respond-to-a-911-call/
https://www.economist.com/blogs/democracyinamerica/2015/12/police-response-times
https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/15/us/florida-school-shooting-columbine-lessons/index.html
https://www.theguardian.com/public-leaders-network/2016/jan/16/police-controller-999-call-danger-officers
These days cops are far more dangerous than criminals. Private security might actually be a step in the right direction. The free market has a way of bankrupting bad services, while the government makes sure the bad service persists!
I feel like I’m some ways the authority that protects us is useless. Even people around us are. Who can we turn to ? No one as I see it , violence is increasing day by day
The problem is the difference between govern-cement PR and govern-cement desires.
If we actually had statistics about police activity, everyone would be appalled.
Which do you think warrants more time? A murder or writing speeding tickets? What if I told you only 50% of murders are even investigated?
If we actually looked at what police do, we wouldn't call them the police. They are much more a insurance interface (reports of crimes) and auto accident cleanup.
They do not fight crime except in the statement, that they are there. So, would be criminals need to keep their heads down.
LOL and ain't that the truth of the matter
America is turning more and more into a country with security that does not work. In some areas we have a 'soft' martial law. We are moving closer to a more rigorous form of that. We can have security in our homes Yes, but I say allow people to defend themselves. Stop trying to soften the second amendment. It is there for a reason and that is NOT to go hunting. Self defense is your first line of defense against a shooter. Allow teachers to carry a gun. Teach other forms of defense as in the martial arts. Do not leave it up to the police. Take the initiative to do it yourself. And also stop publicizing shootings. Why give the shooter free media space. Thanks for a intriguing subject. @doitvoluntarily
good post. just curious, what would be results if half the school staff were armed. (those willing and able.) how many cowards would be enterring the school now with bad intent?
Our justice and hence policing is consequence based. Ie the police etc are there to punish people who commit crimes not to prevent them from doing so. It’s a lot more difficult (and expensive) to prevent crime than to track down and punish perpetrators.
It’s also more difficult to prove intent than the fact that you have committed a crime.
further highlighting the reality that they won't keep people safe 👍 and there are plenty of policing efforts, programs etc, tools used, that have been put forth to try and prevent crime from taking place. Their delivery of "justice" for those who have committed crimes is laughably inconsistent and nonsensical to say the least 😂
It is very sad that these situations keep on happening, more and more often and that we have no one to rely on for protection, but ourselves since like you said, by the time the police comes to the rescue, a lot of damage is done.
When seconds count, the police are only minutes away!
The problem with this statement is that it is factually true.
But, it has very little emotional impact. Unless that person is sitting there on the phone with the police, counting their heart beats.
I know plenty of parents that would love to defend schools as part time work...unfortunately no guns are allowed on school property...wait...
...how come that doesn’t stop the bad guys?
Nice post, thanks.
So privatize police services? I remember back in the 80's here in Honduras we first started seeing the creation of security agencies, surprisingly at the same time we had an incredibly high increase in the occurrence of bank assaults, in fact the only bank that wasn't robbed was the BANFFAA which belonged to the armed forces. The police never solved any of the robberies so banks had to hire security agencies, which were, "surprisingly" owned by active or retired military officers, somehow after this I have never fully trusted security companies, not that I am sure there was any "collusion" but it sure seems there was.
the stats are nothing compared to the assaults inflicted by an organization with a monopolization on violence
#democide