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I recently heard the suggestion that police should carry an equivalent of doctors' malpractice insurance; so the same taxpayers that they abuse aren't the ones
by khafra 13y ago
I recently heard the suggestion that police should carry an equivalent of doctors' malpractice insurance; so the same taxpayers that they abuse aren't the ones who ultimately pay to compensate for their abuses. Sounded like a good idea, especially if insurance companies can identify the officers most at risk of doing legally actionable things while on duty.
- maxerickson 13y agoWhen insurance is priced correctly, the premiums will roughly match the payouts. The taxpayers will still be paying the premiums. It would introduce some sort of independent oversight, but it seems like a roundabout way of doing it.
- khafra 13y ago> The taxpayers will still be paying the premiums. If the police pay their own premiums directly, we'll have to raise their salaries; so the taxpayers will still be paying them. But, there will be an independent entity with a financial interest in identifying officers likely to commit crimes and abuses; instead of a subdepartment of the police itself with conflicted interests. Ideally, abusive police officers will not be able to afford to be police officers.