[ They aren’t even revenue generators strictly for the city/county. The money is split (sometimes 50-50) with the private firms that sell the equipment.
Someone needs to investigate the business ties between these firms and the politicians who advocate so much on their behalf (and renegotiate the contracts to favor the firms over the people they are elected to represent). ]
ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF GOVERNMENT MONOPOLY CRONY CRAPITALISM
Crony Fascism. Capitalism ain’t at play here.