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>they’d stay at the Hilton Union Square, eat and drink at Cultivar, share a tour of Chinatown, and receive matching Uniqlo jackets. All costs — a projected $16,

>they’d stay at the Hilton Union Square, eat and drink at Cultivar, share a tour of Chinatown, and receive matching Uniqlo jackets. All costs — a projected $16,900 for the group, > “We look to you as influencers in your industry,” So, turn local cops into part-time salespeople for Nextdoor, and its advertising clients. What could go wrong?

IG_Semmelweiss 6y ago
Indeed Of course municipality bureaucrats are thrilled by this. They have never been shown the love usually reserved for federal lobbying efforts. I'm glad i use throwaway emails to subcribe to apps such as Nextdoor, and im never again touching it.
microcolonel 6y ago
Seems like it's time to fire some people, this is not going to be the last time somebody plies police officers, but every time should be the last for someone.
Spooky23 6y ago
That’s gross. When I was a public employee traveling and interacting with external entities, our ethics rules prohibited us from accepting token gifts/swag valued >$5 or alcohol. Bottle of water at a meeting was ok, pen was ok, a beer was not, a Starbucks was questionable. Accepting a jacket would be serious — potentially a referral to the IG and potential civil fine or criminal prosecution. The public perception of a police official walking around with branded swag of significant value is pretty obvious.
- kop316 6y ago
  That's what I was thinking too. Accepting gifts like that is one of the few things that could get a federal employee fired (among other things) very quickly. It is self and peer policed very heavily.
  - C1sc0cat 6y ago
    Most cops are not federal employees its very devolved in the USA with no common standards for training background checks and so on.
    - kop316 6y ago
      Usually state laws exist for the same thing. This was Arizona? https://www.stateandfed.com/docs/Gifts/az_GiftLaw.pdf https://www.stateandfed.com/docs/Gifts/az_GiftLaw.pdf https://www.azleg.gov/viewdocument/?docName=https://www.azleg.gov/ars/38/00504.htm https://www.azleg.gov/viewdocument/?docName=https://www.azle... I think these would apply.
  - HarryHirsch 6y ago
    Peer policing of corruption? In the police force? The framework of threats and loyalties that a federal employee operates in is completely different from that of a cop.

IG_Semmelweiss 6y ago

Indeed Of course municipality bureaucrats are thrilled by this. They have never been shown the love usually reserved for federal lobbying efforts. I'm glad i use throwaway emails to subcribe to apps such as Nextdoor, and im never again touching it.

microcolonel 6y ago

Seems like it's time to fire some people, this is not going to be the last time somebody plies police officers, but every time should be the last for someone.

Spooky23 6y ago

That’s gross. When I was a public employee traveling and interacting with external entities, our ethics rules prohibited us from accepting token gifts/swag valued >$5 or alcohol. Bottle of water at a meeting was ok, pen was ok, a beer was not, a Starbucks was questionable. Accepting a jacket would be serious — potentially a referral to the IG and potential civil fine or criminal prosecution. The public perception of a police official walking around with branded swag of significant value is pretty obvious.

kop316 6y ago
That's what I was thinking too. Accepting gifts like that is one of the few things that could get a federal employee fired (among other things) very quickly. It is self and peer policed very heavily.
- C1sc0cat 6y ago
  Most cops are not federal employees its very devolved in the USA with no common standards for training background checks and so on.
  - kop316 6y ago
    Usually state laws exist for the same thing. This was Arizona? https://www.stateandfed.com/docs/Gifts/az_GiftLaw.pdf https://www.stateandfed.com/docs/Gifts/az_GiftLaw.pdf https://www.azleg.gov/viewdocument/?docName=https://www.azleg.gov/ars/38/00504.htm https://www.azleg.gov/viewdocument/?docName=https://www.azle... I think these would apply.
- HarryHirsch 6y ago
  Peer policing of corruption? In the police force? The framework of threats and loyalties that a federal employee operates in is completely different from that of a cop.