BRC 911: Black Rock Rangers and The Law

The Burning Man event started as a “temporary autonomous zone”
with no law enforcement of any kind. Then the community came
together to create its own, homegrown public safety organization,
the Black Rock Rangers. 


Could the Rangers serve as a model for other cities looking to
defund or demilitarize their police forces? 


Are social capital and good communication skills enough to
inspire positive civic behavior when wielded by unarmed
volunteers with “approximately the authority of a Cub
Scout?” 


If so, do we really need all those heavily armed federal officers
to keep the peace in a city that has one of the lowest crime
rates in America?


Stuart and Logan talk law enforcement and alternative public
safety models with Rangers Tool and Thespian of the Black Rock
Rangers, and with Roger Vind, who in his previous career as a
Nevada Highway Patrolman was the first law enforcement officer to
set foot in Black Rock City, and now works for Burning Man
Project as its law enforcement liaison and associate director of
public safety.


The Black Rock Rangers podcast: 


The DIM Podcast Series - Radio Check.. from the BRR 


https://rangers.burningman.org/


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