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I've seen similar thoughts, but where the backing product was the pension fund. In addition to the benefits you already listed, because the pension fund is com

by bmelton 10y ago

I've seen similar thoughts, but where the backing product was the pension fund. In addition to the benefits you already listed, because the pension fund is communal, it encourages police officers to keep their brethren on the up and up, as the results of misconduct are now distributed amongst the entirety of the police force. On the flip side, I worry that it would have the opposite effect of thickening the blue line, as officers are more and more incentivized towards cover up.

foota 10y ago
Might turn nasty but you could always reward people that rat on other cops.
- bmelton 10y ago
  Exempting whistleblowers from the negative effects might be a great way to mitigate the ill effects, but we're not generally great at whistleblower protections.