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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsShould police unions be liable for the behavior of its members?
Should they carry liability insurance paid for by the union members?
Why should the city be liable for the behavior of the police instead of the police union?
OAITW r.2.0
(23,862 posts)Nothing works as well as self-policing for your own economic interests.
Geechie
(857 posts)Dawson Leery
(19,348 posts)Cirque du So-What
(25,812 posts)As far as who pays the insurance premium - the city or the police union - I dont really GAF - as long as liability insurance is required. After instances of bad behavior, however, the bad cop should pay the increase in premium - and it needs to rise sharply.
Xipe Totec
(43,872 posts)To give them an incentive to get rid of the bad apples.
Cirque du So-What
(25,812 posts)All cops get their basic insurance paid. Any infractions that cause the premium to rise steeply are on the bad cop - and theres the incentive.
TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)it would be hell to prove.
Geechie
(857 posts)Ask the same question with the word teacher instead of police. Union reps generally provide legal backup but the whole union doesnt get sued when a teacher gets called out for bad behavior.
Xipe Totec
(43,872 posts)beachbumbob
(9,263 posts)to have them accountable for cost and civilian awards.
This is reform and not this bullshit "defund" crap
The Magistrate
(95,237 posts)If the city has to pay out, say, twenty millions for a murder by police, that is twenty millions counted against the city's obligation to the police pension funds. If this results in reduced benefits, or over time even in the bankruptcy of the fund, that's something an officer ought to think of before he strangles someone, or decides a cell-phone is a pistol, or just figures to shoot because someone 'reaches for his waistband'.
RobinA
(9,878 posts)of all police is an effective and fair way to stop a some trigger happy cops from shooting someone? I'd have to say No and No.
The Magistrate
(95,237 posts)If one fuck-up costs everybody, everybody will have to be on the alert to prevent fuck-ups.
The settlements paid out for police misconduct should harm the police, not the taxpayers of the municipality.