Police voucher
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A police voucher is a grant of a certain amount of taxpayer-provided funds to individual citizens (or groups of citizens), to be used to purchase private police
services from one or more vendors of their choice. It can represent a partial privatization of the police function commonly provided by government, by facilitating a situation in which government still funds – but no longer directly produces – police services.
Private police
Private police are law enforcement bodies that are owned and/or controlled by non-governmental entities.These can be firms to which the government contracts out police work Private police are law enforcement bodies that are owned and/or controlled by non-governmental entities.These can be firms to...
services from one or more vendors of their choice. It can represent a partial privatization of the police function commonly provided by government, by facilitating a situation in which government still funds – but no longer directly produces – police services.