“Are there bad or incompetent cops? Sure. But the overwhelming majority are professional and competent. The bad ones are eventually usually discovered and dealt with.”
Why is it the cops aren’t dealing with these problem officers? Why does somebody always have to die first?
Police departments have been recruiting hot dogs for a while now. And thats what we have, folks who want the power and prestige. Folks who wanna play with automatic weapons and an APC.
As the wife of a Police Executive, I have the answer to that question,unions and town selectboards are the major impediments to dealing with problem officers in my area. My husband wanted psychological testing for any new recruits in his dept and the selectmen and union went bananas!!!! Eventually he was successful, but what a mess.He also had an officer who was bipolar whom he has been trying to dismiss for over a year and the union has been giving him grief. He had to go through hoops to get the guy off the street!!! The guy filed discrimination charges against the dept, and tried to sue the dept on trumped up charges and even now that it seems close to resolution, the guy is still a PIA to the dept.
Not all LEO’s are bad guys and I think even you cophaters know that, but it’s not an easy job and if any of you can do a better job, I challenge you to get your degree in Criminal Justice, take the exam, go to the Academy, get hired, and show the seasoned professionals how it should be done!!!
These cops mentioned in the article are terribly wrong and should be disciplined, but I guarentee that if their chief tries to do something, the union will fight it to the end!!!!