If you take charge of Meron, then it’s your responsibility, see here. Nor is this is the first time, by far, observant Jews exclude the government, and achieve bad results.
Yes, the cops were at the bottleneck, but who is to say private cops (like the Pinkertons) would be much different? The whole place is unsafe, unregulated by private regulations, either.
One can have a Tragedy of the Commons among various competing organizations, too.
Disclaimer: These are just initial thoughts.