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"1) the settlement should not cost the tax payers money" What would happen if the cop responsible for the act could not cover the settlement money ? The one a

"1) the settlement should not cost the tax payers money" What would happen if the cop responsible for the act could not cover the settlement money ? The one affected by brutality would be doubly screwed. The Police as a whole should be held accountable, and victims should be ensured compensation, they are by all accounts being brutalized by the state, and the state is run with taxpayers money. Agreeing with the rest though.

heartbreak 9y ago
> What would happen if the cop responsible for the act could not cover the settlement money ? Malpractice insurance?
michaelmrose 9y ago
Basically the most reasonable strategy is that the employer which is the public is on the hook for the immediate cost and has the privilege and duty of recovering the money from the guilty. This insures that the city who is guilty of hiring the miscreant ends up with the onerous duty of collection and the victim is compensated hastily.
izacus 9y ago
> What would happen if the cop responsible for the act could not cover the settlement money ? What happens to normal mortals when they can't pay their debts. Are policemen really so much above the law that they don't have to pay their debts either?
- Kurtz79 9y ago
  The problem is not with the policeman, it would be with the victim that would be unable to receive compensation, if the former defaults.
  - Cerium 9y ago
    As someone else said, the police should be required to hold malpractice insurance.
urethrafranklin 9y ago
The property owner is at least partly culpable, wouldn't you think?
literallycancer 9y ago
>What would happen if the cop responsible for the act could not cover the settlement money ? Then you seize their property and sell it until there's enough to cover the settlement. Just like any other debtor. If they don't have enough property, you seize portions of their income.
- BearGoesChirp 9y ago
  If their income isn't enough, can you invoke the 13th Amendment (in the US, where most the bad cop stories come from)?
BearGoesChirp 9y ago
>What would happen if the cop responsible for the act could not cover the settlement money ? Should a debt ordered by a court due to deliberately taking actions that harm another be treated differently than a debt occurred through a consensual transaction? If so, could the courts be given more power to seize resources (not just money) from the one owing the debt? There are a lot of things that I would consider immoral to do to recover a debt that results from a consensual transactions that I wouldn't view as immoral to do to recover a debt incurred by criminal actions.
nightcracker 9y ago
This entire problem's solution already exists with malpractice insurance.

heartbreak 9y ago

> What would happen if the cop responsible for the act could not cover the settlement money ? Malpractice insurance?

michaelmrose 9y ago

Basically the most reasonable strategy is that the employer which is the public is on the hook for the immediate cost and has the privilege and duty of recovering the money from the guilty. This insures that the city who is guilty of hiring the miscreant ends up with the onerous duty of collection and the victim is compensated hastily.

izacus 9y ago

> What would happen if the cop responsible for the act could not cover the settlement money ? What happens to normal mortals when they can't pay their debts. Are policemen really so much above the law that they don't have to pay their debts either?

Kurtz79 9y ago
The problem is not with the policeman, it would be with the victim that would be unable to receive compensation, if the former defaults.
- Cerium 9y ago
  As someone else said, the police should be required to hold malpractice insurance.

urethrafranklin 9y ago

The property owner is at least partly culpable, wouldn't you think?

literallycancer 9y ago

>What would happen if the cop responsible for the act could not cover the settlement money ? Then you seize their property and sell it until there's enough to cover the settlement. Just like any other debtor. If they don't have enough property, you seize portions of their income.

BearGoesChirp 9y ago
If their income isn't enough, can you invoke the 13th Amendment (in the US, where most the bad cop stories come from)?

BearGoesChirp 9y ago

>What would happen if the cop responsible for the act could not cover the settlement money ? Should a debt ordered by a court due to deliberately taking actions that harm another be treated differently than a debt occurred through a consensual transaction? If so, could the courts be given more power to seize resources (not just money) from the one owing the debt? There are a lot of things that I would consider immoral to do to recover a debt that results from a consensual transactions that I wouldn't view as immoral to do to recover a debt incurred by criminal actions.

nightcracker 9y ago

This entire problem's solution already exists with malpractice insurance.