[–] A_M_Swallow 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
You are thinking of the Pinkerton Detective Agency
[–] PepeFarmRemembers 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Police and fire departments are insurance polices for local government. You can't tax what has been burned down.
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[–] lettersofmarque [S] ago
My point exactly. The police would get involved whiplash fast if citizens formed a phalanx to protect themselves. Since citizens are satisfied for now being victimized, move along nothing to see here.
[–] lettersofmarque [S] 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
I'm not sure what you mean. The citizens who historically stepped up to maintain order were conservative family men.
[–] FEMAswimteam ago
Thought we just dragged bad people out of there homes and threw in front of the justice of the peace for there sentence. As for fires everyone in town grabbed a bucket to help put out the fire of fellow citizens.