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@chopperdave @pennyfortheguy @twilotspankle Perhaps the RCMP contract model would work for the US, if Americans are worried about a Stasi-type situation.
The RCMP isn't technically a national police service. Provinces (for areas outside municipalities) and municipalities offer them contracts to provide policing services, and those provinces and cities maintain oversight authority. If a province or city doesn't like the way services are provided, they can simply not renew the contract, and run their own services. (Canada is even more decentralized than the US in a lot of ways; provincial governments have enormous powers in many areas that typically go far beyond what US states have.)
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@pennyfortheguy @chopperdave @twilotspankle The whole idea of "local" law enforcement in general scares me. There's greater incentive for local cops to issue tickets to fill their own coffers, there's no real background checks, training, screening, or oversight. And there's huge potential for corruption since the same people are in the same place for decades on end.
National services in the western world don't generally have those problems, because there's standards of training and fitness, proper pre-hire screening, civilian oversight, and regular assignment rotations.
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@karl @pennyfortheguy @twilotspankle I'm worried about a federal police Stasi. This is theoretical when compared to incompetence and corruption in the current police, but considering the trajectory this country is on, this is not a change I would be in favor of.
The USA is large and populous compared to nearly every place with federal police.
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@karl @chopperdave @pennyfortheguy @twilotspankle The RCMP service provider model looks real interesting, thanks for explaining it!
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@clacke Are you still in China?
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@chopperdave Nope. Updated my bio now. Thanks!
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