Certain aspects of their jobs absolutely could and perhaps should be privatized.

Getting the patrol aspect of policing privatized would cut down a lot of the worst of the stuff cops get caught doing.

You don't see rent-a-cops going off and killing people.

The inspection and compliance related clerical work that a lot of municipal fire departments do could probably be privatized but I don't see an argument for it like I do with cops since they're less abusive. Nobody ever wrote a song called fuck the fire department.

> You don't see rent-a-cops going off and killing people.

Haha, I just saw a video the other day of a couple of “bounty hunters” (bailbondsmen) pulling up with tactical gear and rifles and kidnapping some kid because he had the same name/ethnicity.

Naturally (and thankfully) these idiots are being charged, but one of the kidnappers sat in an interview whining about how his job was too hard because he lacked qualified immunity.

> Getting the patrol aspect of policing privatized would cut down a lot of the worst of the stuff cops get caught doing.

Are you referring to something like the current private security patrol or an actual police? If it's the former it already is there, if it's the latter I'm not sure how that'd cut down on the amount of bad things police do today.