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I wonder if some sort of community hearing where any police officer that had a complaint filed had to sit in front of the community and have the details recount
by kbenson 6y ago
I wonder if some sort of community hearing where any police officer that had a complaint filed had to sit in front of the community and have the details recounted and could explain their side would be useful. If the community had the power (through some elected or random jury) to censure, or cause a week or two probation without pay, or request a more detailed investigation of possible criminal actions, if that would weed out police the community did not deem fit.
- geofft 6y agoIn a functional democracy, that process is called "government." Instead, the police make us pay taxes to fund their own paychecks and openly mocks the idea that they're answerable to us. Look at the way the NYPD union threatened the mayor's own daughter.
- guerrilla 6y agoWell, not exactly, because the government is not necessarily from the community being policed.
- dgellow 6y agoWhere do police control taxes? I never heard of this. Taxes and budgets are responsibility of governments, they then distribute the money around.
- geofft 6y agoThey certainly make sure taxes get paid. I'm not claiming that they set tax rates. (But they do have a lot of influence on how big of a budget the city government gives them, using that tax revenue.)
- dredmorbius 6y agoWould this be the threat incident? https://gizmodo.com/nypd-union-doxes-mayors-daughter-on-twitter-1843813751 https://gizmodo.com/nypd-union-doxes-mayors-daughter-on-twit... https://www.lawenforcementtoday.com/nypd-officer-letter-to-mayor-were-done-with-your-lies-and-abuse/ https://www.lawenforcementtoday.com/nypd-officer-letter-to-m...
- mtnGoat 6y agoThe police unions would vehemently argue against anything of this type, any accountability or question answering is against their stance.