The remedy is that individual policemen be held criminally and civilly accountable for operating outside the law. Their immediate superiors need to be likewise held accountable for negligent supervision. In those instances when the individual policemen are operating within their training guidelines those responsible for developing, legally vetting, and performing the training need to be held accountable.
Exactly...except in this case, their hands are tied.
I'm referring, now, to the King County Sheriff's Dept.
I know the person who was Sheriff before Sue Rahr...that is my current Congresscritter, Dave Reichert. Sad to say, he was a much better Sheriff than Congresscritter.
He made a presentation at my local Rotary. To give a little more history, his position used to be appointed. We(citizens) forced a charter change to make the position elected; he was the first.
I asked him if he saw a difference in before and after...you wouldn't believe the smile that came across his face.
The contracts are still negotiated by the County Executive, who is the political/union hack you'd expect. The personnel boards are staffed by union types. Deputies are routinely reinstated after outrageous actions.
This is just the latest.
That's why I have so little patience with the usual apologists...and why I reject the usual "stand back, we're experts" nonsense.