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In reply to the discussion: You have got to be fucking kidding me... [View all]Odoreida
(1,549 posts)33. How so? Maybe I'm more cynical, but you know ...
... every Boss has enforcers.
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Make a standard for hiring and conduct and stick to them or fines paid via cops retirement and
uponit7771
Apr 2019
#3
We've been waiting for years for something like this data base, great post!
marble falls
Apr 2019
#4
They're are well known to look the other way when they know a man is beating his wife and or kids.
Texin
Apr 2019
#25
And their union is so powerful that it's almost impossible to fire a bad cop. nt
tblue37
Apr 2019
#28
+Remember when trump said he wished cops would rough up people they arrested ? As if
lunasun
Apr 2019
#17
True. We're back to Hitler's Brown Shirts--without the benefit of a DeLorean or a flux capacitor.
CaptYossarian
Apr 2019
#46
Yes, it's bad cops, but it's more about using the police and our criminal justice system to solve...
Yavin4
Apr 2019
#10
Exactly. The conditions that cops have to work under attracts a certain element to the job.
Yavin4
Apr 2019
#36
We've reduced education to a series of standardized tests which advatange certain learning abilities
Yavin4
Apr 2019
#65
Yup. But how much else was unreported, undiscovered, covered up, never investigated?
Bernardo de La Paz
Apr 2019
#27
I'm not blaming behavior on low pay. I'm saying hire more selectively in the first place.
MH1
Apr 2019
#66
Yes, ACTUALLY, they are #14 - right there in the article you posted. (USA Today article)
MH1
Apr 2019
#82
AND, SERIOUSLY !!! ** OSHA lacks enforcement (slips trips falls occupations); Overexertion??
MH1
Apr 2019
#83
The militarization of the law enforcement organizations is a real problem...
Wounded Bear
Apr 2019
#38
100% agree. We need to do this for all public servants. Cops, teachers, firefighters, etc.
MadDAsHell
Apr 2019
#58