Let's skip the focus on individual civil liability and insurance, and go all the way. Cops acting outside of official orders should be held criminally liable fo

Let's skip the focus on individual civil liability and insurance, and go all the way. Cops acting outside of official orders should be held criminally liable for their actions. A cop who beats their spouse can't claim that it's just part of their job, and neither should a cop or group of cops who pepper spray a crowd for sadistic fun. Furthermore, we need to attack the root of the problem - this concept of sovereign immunity - and introduce civil liability for the damage caused by policing even when it's in line with reasonable policies. If a person gets arrested and later is acquitted or the charges dropped, they should be compensated for all the damages suffered as a result of the arrest and prosecution, regardless of the merits of the government's actions. Right now these externalities are funded by a perverse reverse lottery where we just expect the unlucky to bear them, which has caused them to grow without bound.