Why Firing a Bad Cop Is Damn Near Impossible
A brief history of the “law enforcement bill of rights”
http://reason.com/archives/2012/10/19/how-special-rights-for-law-enforcement-m
Scott Walker giving them exemption was the biggest mistake of his tenure.
“Scott Walker giving them exemption was the biggest mistake of his tenure.”
Half a loaf was better than no bread at all! He did get the teachers, good for him!
The example they used first doesn’t apply across all jurisdictions.
The police officer bill officer rights basically just says you cannot auestion an officer for unreasonable length of time without being allowed mealnand water and bathroom breaks....gotta tellmthe officer what they are accused of...etc.
That nonsensical stuff about special rights...haha...a suspect who is not a police officer can refuse an interview.
A cop has to submit to his employer’s questions....the supreme court of USA says the employer can order the employee to answer the questions truthfully or the officer can be disciplined up to and including termination.
Since it is a compelled statement it is protected and precluded from being used in a criminal investigation.
That is not special rights....its actually less rights than a run of the mill criminal suspect.
Not saying bad employees who work for the govt, including cops, failed to get fired but it is usually because the employer is lousy at documenting past rotten behavior or because the bosses failed to impose proper discipline on employees who they are in love with and don’t want to fire.
Then someone does the same thing later and they have created a bad precedent and lose when the appeal goes to arbitration.
I got a million examples....