Ew hell no acab

Such as buying equipment for their local PD? Sure.

No

They are private businesses. The key word being "private".

“That’s gonna be a no from me dog”

-Randy

What????!!
So that corrupt police could harass rival businesses, favor the rich when they get pulled over, etc etc. etc.
And yes, I know this happens now, but through our taxes & voting WE can have some say/control.

Yes, they accept donations but if we allow this in the context of the OP question we should look for more and more people and companies that seem to be above the law. That means more cops emptying a gun on a man who is walking away and more people dying in police custody or even being shot to death inside their own apartment while the murdering officer claims "he was not following my commands." Remember that the officer in this shooting thought she was inside her own apartment and she was not even on the right floor. Police are the enforcement arm of the mayor but they have to be accountable and kept in control.

Fuck no!

Is there an issue with private companies sponsoring police that I haven't heard about yet? As @genessa said, it sounds like private donations just like any of us can give. If I give $10,000 to the local police, it doesn't give me any special legal rights or a get out of jail free card. Is there a deeper problem at the center of this, or does "sponsor" have a meaning here that I'm not understanding?

Absolutely not.

No on this and to further the issue, we are talking "private" here, it is without a doubt a open door for corruption and control. private business, big business or any corporation to influence our civil or country's agencies are a big no no and it is very obviously why.

Absolutely not.. unfortunately there’s enough corruption without inviting it in.

why not? sponsoring is just making donations, right? if they expect something in return, that's wrong, but anyone can make donations to support the police; they have fundraising balls, right? so they do accept donations.

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I don't think there is anything wrong with businesses sponsoring a police benefit ball for instance, say for the families of fallen policemen, but the possibility that any sponsorship could be construed as bribery, protection money or other nefarious activities needs to be clearly established as hard limits prior to such sponsorship.

Absolutely not. Nor should prisons be privately run.

Absolutely not, there exists a scenario where I live that a bar near the foothills of our mountain range is on land covered by developers, that bar was so heavily policed - way way more than other similar bars in the community - that people stopped going there. Unsurprisingly, it went out of business and the developers got the land they wanted.