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The spin on the other side would be just as intuitive: "Our police officers are more concerned with getting away with abuse of power than following the law they
by rm_-rf_slash 11y ago
The spin on the other side would be just as intuitive: "Our police officers are more concerned with getting away with abuse of power than following the law they're supposed to enforce, and as a result, tens (to hundreds) of millions in taxpayer money is being spent on lawsuit payouts, essentially a bailout for bad behavior."
While I agree that cameras should be required and intentional tampering a crime, I think behaviors would change much more quickly if laws were put in place to dock pensions and pay across the board to compensate for lawsuits of wrongful death and the like. Suddenly the "blue wall of silence" would become a very vocal supporter of police reform to identify and get rid of bad apples that threaten everybody's pension. Incentives are very powerful tools for changing behavior, much more powerful than blanket force by bodycam laws.
- ptaipale 11y ago> "blue wall of silence" would become a very vocal supporter of police reform to identify and get rid of bad apples that threaten everybody's pension This sounds like collective punishment - don't know about America, but over here, it would be not possible due to human rights treaties and legislation. The trade union or police would challenge this in a court and government would back down from such threats immediately. (Hey, even cops are human. Especially they are human. So even they have human rights.)
- rm_-rf_slash 11y agoIt depends on how you define the law. It could simply be a state or federal resolution that cuts funding to a municipality, regardless of where the money goes. So if money for roads and hospitals goes to pay for the misdeeds of bad cops and the administration takes no action, how will voters respond in the next election cycle?