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I think one way to start addressing this would be to increase the payouts people receive for abusive police behavior and have those payouts taken directly out o
by schmorptron 4y ago
I think one way to start addressing this would be to increase the payouts people receive for abusive police behavior and have those payouts taken directly out of the police pension fund instead of normal taxpayer money.
- giantg2 4y agoIncrease the payout? You'd have to start the payout. There's virtually zero chance of them paying for those doors. They can burn your house down with tear gas, and not pay for shit, even if you're innocent.
- MichaelZuo 4y agoAre you sure US police services don't payout for property damage at all? Not even when they made a mistake?
- giantg2 4y agoIf they made a mistake like hitting the wrong address, they sometimes will. Even then, it generally requires getting a lawyer as they typically won't offer to pay up. If it was the right address but you were innocent, they generally don't.
- MichaelZuo 4y agoThat sounds like low hanging fruit. Fixing that would increase mutual trust.
- omniglottal 4y agoTake it from the guilty cop's retirement fund and give them desk duty while their non-abusive colleagues are not punished. Never assume a problem is solved when you treat individuals the same based on statistics.
- schmorptron 4y agoThat's true, and collective punishment tends to not be good long term. But you'd also want some kind of incentive system to encourage the department heads to actively discourage the behavior internally as well.