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617Blue

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6. Given the amount of dough paid out each year

Reply to sl8 (Original post)

Fri Jun 16, 2023, 06:17 AM

Jun 2023

by municipalities sued by citizens over police misconduct, you'd think it would be in their interest to scrutinize applicant more thoroughly and dump the bad ones before they cost the city million$$.

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'Pretty staggering': Thousands of California police officers could be stripped of their badges ... [View all] sl8 Jun 2023 OP

Based on the number of YouTube videos which capture police interactions with the public Otto_Harper Jun 2023 #1

This is true in many or most professions bucolic_frolic Jun 2023 #2

I would agree - there are incompetents everywhere. RipVanWinkle Jun 2023 #3

Yep, & the bigger the company the harder it is to get rid of the deadheads. Re: the crooked cops, if onetexan Jun 2023 #5

I've encountered a good number of people over the years EYESORE 9001 Jun 2023 #11

True, but most of those professions don't have the life and death power of the badge be- FailureToCommunicate Jun 2023 #7

There is the life and death power of the scalpel or the mechanic's ratchet bucolic_frolic Jun 2023 #20

Desantis will welcome them NJCher Jun 2023 #4

Not far from a profound basic truth there, NJCher. jaxexpat Jun 2023 #9

Yep, as he's one himself. brush Jun 2023 #19

At least they'll have to upend themselves to find the next victims. live love laugh Jun 2023 #24

Given the amount of dough paid out each year 617Blue Jun 2023 #6

What we can do. multigraincracker Jun 2023 #8

How fact based do you think a fear of retribution is for those who file complaints? jaxexpat Jun 2023 #10

... EYESORE 9001 Jun 2023 #12

Every complaint goes in multigraincracker Jun 2023 #16

Ron DeSatan will welcome them to Florida HAB911 Jun 2023 #13

I know of 2 of them lambchopp59 Jun 2023 #14

when i grew up , i was living 25 miles east of la and we AllaN01Bear Jun 2023 #21

gee. barbtries Jun 2023 #15

Bad cops almost never turn into good cops. Danascot Jun 2023 #17

How does this law work? Fiendish Thingy Jun 2023 #18

A good start. n/t Merlot Jun 2023 #22

This message was self-deleted by its author The Mouth Jun 2023 #23

I've had family members and friends who were Mr.Bill Jun 2023 #25