Yes. For nearly 100 years, a section within Hong Kong had no police presence whatsoever. Living in the section was voluntary. Anyone could leave any time. People did come and go, from Hong Kong to total Freedom. It has its problems, but the critics assertions are hard to warrant.
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The question as to who is the cop in an anarchist polity is simple: you are. If you are aggrieved, you take it up with your adversary. If still aggrieved, you take it up with the community. The the commnity will decide if they care or not, and shun a guilty perpetrator to some desgree. We have three entities that do this...
The law merchant, which is the original international trade law, a completely voluntary organization.
Gypsy law, the same thing.
International letters of credit, a system of payment.
The diamond merchants have their own system (caution: .pdf)
And the oldest and largest non-state government in the world, the Catholic Church.
All of these organizations may summons you and you may appear or decline to do so. If you do, and do not care for their sanctions, you may decline to be subject to the punishment. If so, then to some degree everyone else in the system decides to what degree to cooperate with you. the result is pitch perfect justice.
And none of these systems are state-based government. And this is far from an exhaustive list. In every instance it is completely voluntary.
OK... how to deal with the murderer and rapist? I address that at length here... Almost everyone would be better off if we eliminated police departments.
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