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Radical idea here: Appoint civilians to a once per lifetime tribunal post of maybe a year to oversee investigation of police misconduct allegations. By making
by zupreme 11y ago
Radical idea here: Appoint civilians to a once per lifetime tribunal post of maybe a year to oversee investigation of police misconduct allegations.
By making a once in a lifetime post you avoid the people becoming "part of the system" and you avoid unscrupulous people seeking long term benefit from the role.
As long as police are investigated and tried by people who are part of the same system they are, there will never be fairness.
If law enforcement truly do serve and protect civilians then they should be accountable to civilians.
In addition law enforcement should be treated exactly like civilians are if they are found guilty. No protective custody and no special treatment.
- aklemm 11y agoThis is exactly the kind of thinking we need. Intense, local citizen involvement should be a great start (and should be default, anyway).
- finid 11y ago>> Appoint civilians to a once per lifetime tribunal post of maybe a year to oversee investigation of police misconduct allegations. But cops are violently against civilian review boards. They'd rather police themselves. I wonder why...
- wl 11y agoThe police opposition to civilian review boards is rather understandable given widespread ignorance about when police can legally detain, search, arrest, and use force. This is compounded by the often ugly nature of police work, even when the police involved used good judgement and acted lawfully. That isn't to say that non-police are incapable of adjudicating accusations of misconduct. However, political appointments or direct elections do nothing to ensure that members of these boards have the knowledge and judgement necessary for the task. Of course the police unions are opposed to these people having disciplinary powers.