Police Privatization Ventures as Strategies to Maintain and Enhance Public Safety (From Privatizing the United States Justice System: Police, Adjudication, and Corrections Services From the Private Sector, P 107-130, 1992, Gary W Bowman, Simon Hakim, et al., eds. - See NCJ-137785)

• NCJ Number: 137791
• Author(s): R C Dart III
• Date Published: 1992
• Length: 15 pages
• Sale Source: McFarland & Company, Inc.
• Publication Type: Survey
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

This analysis of the economic, social, and political aspects of privatization in policing concludes that in several types of situations, privatization offers promising and strategic opportunities to maintain a high level of police services at reasonable costs.

Abstract

Residential developments in Rossmoor, California, Sun City, Arizona, and Carefree, Arizona, evolved with varying levels of involvement of the local government. These communities and their private police also vary with respect to organization and demography, governing structure, personnel resources, relationships with other organizations, and relationships with local police agencies. Their experience suggests that private policing should be considered in terms of four levels: (1) alarm monitoring and response services, (2) volunteer police, (3) private security guard forces, and (4) private contracting for specific police functions. Figures, list of people interviewed, and 15 references