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the promise that strangers won't kill you today, provided by other strangers with badges.
means the organized effort by government to protect people from crime, accidents, and disasters through police, fire, and emergency services.
from traces to the social contract idea, that people surrender some freedom to a collective authority in exchange for protection from each other, formalized as cities industrialized and needed professional forces instead of neighbors with pitchforks.
vague by designbroad enough to justify almost any restriction imposed
three services fusedpolice, fire, and ems often share one budget line
invoked in courtthe go to reason for limiting constitutional rights