This sort of thing would end if all training academies had to have certification which judges could pull.
Or if the cops had any reasonable expectation that they, personally, would have to pay for their gross over reach.
As long as it’s only the taxpayers on the hook for paying for their crimes it’s all good.
If the penalties came out of Officer Rabid’s own pocket, he might be a little more circumspect.
If the department’s retirement fund had to pay them, the whole department might be inclined to make sure Officer O’Roidrage worked elsewhere, rather than form a protective blue wall around him at each of his ever increasingly violent interactions with the public.