Prior to 1996, state governmental officials were primarily tasked with fighting insurgents and communists. As such, the government provided minimal local police services, expecting its citizenry to...

Prior to 1996, state governmental officials were primarily tasked with fighting insurgents and communists. As such, the government provided minimal local police services, expecting its citizenry to engage in their own self-protection and security activities in the form of civil patrols and the creation self-defense organizations.