Au contraire, my FRiend. It is you who have no middle ground. Hold them guilty for mistakes. Prison for errors. But, you may have an occupation in which your errors are abided; you get forgiven for your screw-ups. But, your justice is swift and harsh...for the other guy. True is the saying, "We judge others on their actions, but we judge ourselves on our intentions." Of course there could be some reasonable boundaries, but re-read your post...the guillotine awaits their errors.
Boundaries without penalties are no boundaries at all. Penalties paid by the victim or by the taxpayer are no penalties at all. Cops and judges must bear some personal burden when their foulups cause loss of life, limb or property or this stuff will only get more out of hand.
And I said nothing about guillotines. I suggest you change your screen name to Strawman; that seems to be your favored form of argumentation.
When I make a mistake at my job, no one dies. There is no destruction of property. I, and my company acknowledge it and we bend over backwards to correct it. When a cop messes up, people die. Innocent people.
And hardly anyone ever goes to jail for that foul up. No one is accountable. There is a settlement, but the idiotic walking gun gets to go back to work like nothing ever happened. In my world, you screw up and kill someone, your entire department loses their police pension, to be given to the family of the innocent person that was killed, and you go to jail forever. The loss should be as devestating to the police department as it is to the family.
In the event of no loss of life if the idiots get the wrong house, the invading cops are personally liable for damage. No taxpayer money goes to it. If those cops lose their homes, so be it.
When I make a mistake at my job, no one dies. There is no destruction of property. I, and my company acknowledge it and we bend over backwards to correct it. When a cop messes up, people die. Innocent people.
And hardly anyone ever goes to jail for that foul up. No one is accountable. There is a settlement, but the idiotic walking gun gets to go back to work like nothing ever happened. In my world, you screw up and kill someone, your entire department loses their police pension, to be given to the family of the innocent person that was killed, and you go to jail forever. The loss should be as devestating to the police department as it is to the family.
In the event of no loss of life if the idiots get the wrong house, the invading cops are personally liable for damage. No taxpayer money goes to it. If those cops lose their homes, so be it.