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Not true, but also not widely reported. Cops are fired all the time for a wide variety of reasons.
by SoftTalker 3mo ago
Not true, but also not widely reported. Cops are fired all the time for a wide variety of reasons.
- topspin 3mo agoCorrect. They're also rapidly rehired in neighboring jurisdictions. Public sector unions aggressively protect officers ability to migrate to new jurisdictions despite being fired for cause. Typically they end up working at less prestigious operations, and the chronically-fired ones bounce around until they're in the sticks, working as a deputy in a small county. All of these officers will have new jobs lined up by the end of the week.
- parineum 3mo agoYou think unions shouldn't be looking out for their members? It's not on the unions, it's on the people who hired the officers.
- detaro 3mo agoeven if you purely want to frame it is that: is helping to convince large parts of the public that cops are above the law and can't be trusted by covering for the bad apples "looking out for their members"?
- parineum 3mo agoYes.
- topspin 3mo ago> It's not on the unions, it's on the people who hired the officers. This model you have inside your head, where there are public officials responsible for hiring that can exercise whatever they imagine are the prerogatives of the public at large when making hiring decisions, is fictional. Public sector unions, for better or worse, have long since obviated such jeopardy and effectively call all shots with regard to who is hired for what.
- phatskat 3mo agoPolice unions are far and away much different than any other union you might think of. Most unions are in fact good for the ir members and society - police unions are not.