“1. Reduce the #of cops carrying firearms. Every cop doesn’t need to have a firearm.
2. Stop with the ‘suspended with pay’. Make it all suspended without pay or just flat out fire them whenever something particularly suspicious happens.”
Guess you must be an immigrant from some Communist $hit hole. I am no fan of the way cops often behave, but here in this country we have a Constitution that presumes innocence until guilt is established in a court.
We do need better trained cops who also understand their obligation to adhere to that same constitution. They should have firearms, but they ought to know when to use them. As for cutting off their income, that also should come when they are found guilty. Sheesh!
“Guess you must be an immigrant from some Communist $hit hole.”
72 years old and you still haven’t grown past the strawman argument phase?
1. Police and other government type enforcement units get limited immunity to an almost complete immunity from prosecution during the line of duty.
2. Not only that,, they are given considerable deference from judges, DA’s and politicians.
3. Innocent until proven guilty isn’t working here. There needs to be a deeper scrutiny ... above and beyond so called internal investigations.
4. Non judicial punishment is an acceptable measure to use to combat police abuse.
- Take their guns away. Make them walk beats with night sticks and radios.
- Fire them for the most egregious mistakes.
- No more paid vacations for screwing up. Suspended without pay during investigations. Let their Union pay them, not the public.