Personally liable doesn't help. All that does is encourage a lazy police force, where individuals aren't apt to do anything for fear of losing everything. Inst

Personally liable doesn't help. All that does is encourage a lazy police force, where individuals aren't apt to do anything for fear of losing everything. Institutional responsibility does work. If the police department faces real consequences, they'll figure out a way to clamp down on it. Maybe it's firing officers that are out of line. Maybe it's simply better training and guidelines. No matter what, if the organization as a whole suffers from unreasonable seizures, they'll figure out a way to avoid those consequences in a robust way.