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* Sandy Springs and the other "contract cities" that have sprung up in New Orleans; their local government is made up of the four guys that sign contracts to allow for CH2M Hill performing all of the actual work.
* Some forms of anarchism believe that such private militias could replace the state law enforcement and do a better job than it does. Anarcho-capitalism, in particular, advocates "private defense agencies"—thus taking the "inc." part of the trope name literally. Its advocates think these agencies would work like the heroic versions of Law Enforcement, Inc., while its critics often argue that their profit motive would lead them squarely into the territory of the corrupt versions of the trope. [[Your Mileage May Vary]].
** E.g.: "[https://blog.jim.com/economics/the-left-singularity-continues/ Observe that three rentacops can handle any number of occupiers, though it somehow takes three hundred policemen to handle fifty occupiers.]"
* Reality in [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/339667.stm the UK]; a [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/hampshire/8174496.stm more recent version] advertises directly to the public in what basically amounts to a protection racket.
* Clamping of cars in cities is often done by a private firm. Many of these have been accused of being overzealous in order to make a profit.
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