Dystopian Startup Lets the Wealthy Rent Off Duty Cops on Demand
Dystopian Startup Lets the Wealthy Rent Off Duty Cops on Demand
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Dystopian Startup Lets the Wealthy Rent Off Duty Cops on Demand
A spinoff of the company "Protector" — an Uber-style rentier app that lets users temporarily hire an armed bodyguard — Patrol offers property owners the chance to rent out "off-duty police officers to help protect their homes."
Cops have long made good money doing security work on the side. Nothing new about that.
What is new is making an Uber-style app to be a single point of hire, this bringing police into the "gig economy". I would care more if police hadn't already proved that they're willing weapons against the working class.