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Does anyone else think this is an absurd way in which the department can reward itself for encouraging systemic misconduct? If, in aggregate, the department enc
by btown 5y ago
Does anyone else think this is an absurd way in which the department can reward itself for encouraging systemic misconduct? If, in aggregate, the department encourages officers to push the boundaries of misconduct, they end up getting free labor every time the officers step over the line. The incentives seem grossly reversed.
If anything, you'd want a system where misconduct causes aggregate officer availability to decrease, giving police departments an incentive to reduce misconduct rates if they want more resources.
- Closi 5y agoEh, Although I agree in theory I don’t personally agree that this is the way it works in practice. At the end of the day, police forces are made up of people, and people don’t like their holiday being taken away. The incentive for management you are describing is to dole out more punishment, but the incentive at an individual level would still be to be to avoid punishment. In fact, management may be incentivised to dole out punishment for more minor offences, which again force further good behaviour. Do I think it’s a good policy though? No I think it’s awful personally. People need holiday to relax and to do their jobs well, and taking away relaxation time can only lead to more stressed officers.