Quote Originally Posted by mercian billman
In all honesty it's not a bad idea, alot of US military bases are guarded by private security firms. Even if it's more expensive it's still not a bad idea considering that it takes longer to train a police officer than a security guard and it allows police to focus on their jobs.
We have a similar system in UK bases. In fact the camps themselves are now owned by a third party. This sort of thing should be in-house, always. If the Police need private security to guard the station it means that either:

They aren't able to protect themselves, because there aren't enough of them,

They can't be bothered,

Criminals would dare attack a Police station because the Police are useless and broken backed.

In fact all the above are true.

Which is exactly why they should guard their own stations.