Updated on December 4, 2013 by South Carolina Policy Council
POLICE OR SOLDIERS? Since the expansion of the drug war in the 1980s – and especially since the attacks of September 11th, 2001 – local police forces have been enthusiastically adopting military weapons and tactics, and the trend has been as evident in South Carolina as in other states. Whether and to what extent …
Updated on August 12, 2016 by South Carolina Policy Council
TO PROTECT, TO COLLECT, AND TO SERVE You know the feeling – the feeling you get when you return to your parked car and see the dreaded neon-colored slip of paper tucked under your windshield-wiper. The following analysis was prompted by that feeling. One of SCPC’s policy analysts received a ticket from the Folly Beach …
Tag: Over-Policing
The Militarization of the Police
Updated on December 4, 2013 by South Carolina Policy Council
POLICE OR SOLDIERS? Since the expansion of the drug war in the 1980s – and especially since the attacks of September 11th, 2001 – local police forces have been enthusiastically adopting military weapons and tactics, and the trend has been as evident in South Carolina as in other states. Whether and to what extent …
Category: Budget, Commentary, Individual Liberty Tags: Law Enforcement, Over-Policing
Tax Collection: Law Enforcement’s New Role?
Updated on August 12, 2016 by South Carolina Policy Council
TO PROTECT, TO COLLECT, AND TO SERVE You know the feeling – the feeling you get when you return to your parked car and see the dreaded neon-colored slip of paper tucked under your windshield-wiper. The following analysis was prompted by that feeling. One of SCPC’s policy analysts received a ticket from the Folly Beach …
Category: Budget, Commentary, Individual Liberty, Taxes & Regulation Tags: Over-Policing