Resources

The following links may be of interest to visitors to the Center for Competitive Government’s web site.

• Security Magazine
• American City and County
• National Burglar & Fire Alarm Association
• Pennsylvania Burglar and Fire Alarm Association
• Canadian Alarm and Security Association
• National League of Cities
• U.S. Conference of Mayors
• National Governors Association
• Council of Public-Private Partnership

Media Interviews

• The Hidden Cost of False Alarms, A New Marketplace Podcast
• When burglar alarms don’t work
• Public Radio Interview with Simon Hakim – Should police depts be privatized?
• Audio Interview with Simon Hakim – Market Forces, Budget Stresses Driving Police Privatization
• Heartland Institute interviews with Simon Hakim

PowerPoint Presentations

• Enhancing Police Productivity Using Private Security: The Case of Verified Response In Salt Lake City
• Public Provision of a Private Good – The Case of Police Response to Electronic Alarms
• Exposing Homeland Security to Competition
• Homeland Security: Public Restructuring and Private Participation
• Planning and Evaluation of Public Programs
• Economics and Management of Privatization
• Privatizing Transportation Systems
• Differentiation in Police Services In City Neighborhoods
• Monopolistic vs. Competitive Police
• Adam Smith Rescues (Funding for) Emergency Services
• Evaluating Alternative Policies To Combat False Emergency Calls
• Private Policing & Crime: Experiences, Evaluation, and Future Direction
• Evaluating Alternative Policies To Combat False Emergency Calls
• Private Security VS. Public Police, Germany
• Comparison of prison costs and contractor pricing: towards a more competitive model for the prison market

Think Tanks

• Cato Institute
• The Manhattan Institute
• The Reason Foundation

Magazines

• American City and County Magazine
• Governing Magazine

Publishers

• Praeger Publishers
• Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
• Public Utilities Reports, Inc.

Clients

• The City of Philadelphia
• Philadelphia International Airport
• U.S. Department of Justice: National Institute of Justice
• U.S. Department of Labor
• The State of Kansas
• Volunteers of America
• Alarm Industry Research and Education Foundation
• Pennsylvania Burglar and Fire Alarm Association
• ADT Security
• Temple University
• PriceWaterhouseCoopers
• Center for Competitive Government