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    What happens when Public Safety goes Private

    Private Equity firms now control a significant part of public safety services like firefighting, police and ambulances, and their way of doing business is very different from both government and other for-profit businesses...different in ways that a New York Times investigation says is affecting the quality of their care to people often in very…

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    KCRW placeholderBy Barbara Bogaev • Jun 28, 2016 • 9m Listen

    Private Equity firms now control a significant part of public safety services like firefighting, police and ambulances, and their way of doing business is very different from both government and other for-profit businesses...different in ways that a New York Times investigation says is affecting the quality of their care to people often in very vulnerable situations, and costing them a bundle.

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    3 of 3
    “Evicted” and the Growing Rental Crisis
    1. 1:53House Republicans Release Final Benghazi Report
    2. 8:21The Eviction Industrial Complex
    3. 42:09What happens when Public Safety goes PrivateYou’re reading this
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