Actually, cops can be sued, fairly easily....you know, because they’re the ones that are supposed to be so highly trained in dealing with anything....in all seriousness, they do have a higher level of accountability than us civilians...what you’re thinking of, are the instances of the departments covering for their officers when they screw up....what normally happens then is, the city and the department throw the cop under the bus, saying they performed something outside of their training or department SOP’s and are personally responsible for what happened...we, the department and city, are not responsible....and then, at the end of the day, they settle and the whole thing is forgotten about, until the next occurrence of complete incompetence...and so it goes round and round
And if a civilian is involved with the cops, the department will throw him under the bus and polish the cops badge.