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> I don't see how it relates to peoples' general displeasure with policing. It doesn't. It relates to the post I was replying to, which said that > I’d hope p

• ch4s3 5y ago
  > Having thick skin doesn't help when you're out of a job and can't pay your bills; because you did the right thing. I didn't say anything about thick skin. The truth is that police are virtually never fired, and when they are they usually get rehired by other departments. I'd be surprised if you could find a police officer being fired for "doing the right thing" anywhere in America, unless it was whistle blowing. As for police chiefs, who cares? They are political appointees, who are probably fired or forced to resign at similar rates to heads of other departments. I still doubt you can find a single police chief who was fired for "doing the right thing." Where in America has there ever been a police chief who was trying to put resources into solving violent crimes and was subsequently let go for it? Sure, some have been let go for cargo culting CompStat and failing, but that's a shitty idea anyway.