Texas Town Fires Police Dept., Hires Private Citizens For Security

Second, they didn’t fire anybody, technically speaking. They just refused to renew a yearly contract with the Harris County Constables’ Office for extra security patrols. (Sharpstown residents can still be ticketed and/or arrested by Harris County constables, just as they could by an HPD cop. I am sure some resident will try to pull the “You can’t bust me, we fired you,” card soon.) In addition to patrol, process-serving, and court security, Harris County constables will contract with neighborhoods for supplemental patrols, but their services do not come cheap. The Braeswood Place neighborhood, in near southwest Houston, pay - See more at: [link to www.texasmonthly.com]

shameful ...

Appears like the citizens for tired of paying for excess patrols,if so....good

Need protection? Can you afford it?

better to rely on yourself for protection in the first place anyway.

for the money saved on donut expenses
they could hire blackwater.

They are probably saving a huge amount in police pensions and high salaries. Private companies usually are more competitively priced than bloated government bureaucracy.
And if one of private security persons screws up or commits a crime, they can be fired, not put on paid administrative leave and then returned to work while a two or three year internal investigation goes on. And I'll bet the private security personnel don't get away with lying about what happened at the scene like cops do.