Public Safety: Whose Job Is It Anyway?

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Last week, I published a poll asking if law enforcement was responsible for protecting you from another citizen. The results can be found here.

Protect and ServeI’m sure we can all relate to the side picture of the police vehicle. The words on the front quarter panel ring familiarly in our minds, “ To Protect and Serve.” This phrase has given many a sense of security, in that, they are protected by professionally trained and, generally, well intentioned law enforcement officers. We are lead to believe by some policy makers, that we can call 9-1-1 and law enforcement will show up to protect us. Or, that we don’t need firearms for personal protection because we can just call 9-1-1 from our cell phones. This is all fine and dandy, except for the fact that law enforcement is not constitutionally bound to protect you or me. This is called the public…

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