Let’s bring back the Night Watch
The case for nonprofessional public safety with less training and fewer resources
5 min readAug 10, 2020
Imagine armed private citizens patrolling the streets and viewing security cameras instead of sworn professional law enforcement officers. A shocking experiment by the Oregon city of Cave Junction last year has many precedents in history and in the present day. Furthermore, evidence suggests that it probably won’t prove worse for civil liberties or public safety than enlarging police budgets and expanding sheriff patrols.
