How about this… we’ll pay them something extra for wearimg a camera, but then officers are personally liable for any wrongdoing. No more qualified immunity, and settlements are paid by the officer and not a fund of public money. If the cops don’t like that they can go get their own liability insurance and they pay the premiums with that camera bonus.
Officers should carry professional malpractice insurance just like doctors and lawyers. Just like doctors and lawyers, if the officer has too many malpractice claims, their insurance premiums rise. The cost of those premiums should be on the officer.
This will result in good cops being readily insurable and able to afford their insurance payments, while bad cops will price themselves out of being cops. Our country loves capitalism. What is more capitalist that this?
How about this… we’ll pay them something extra for wearimg a camera, but then officers are personally liable for any wrongdoing. No more qualified immunity, and settlements are paid by the officer and not a fund of public money. If the cops don’t like that they can go get their own liability insurance and they pay the premiums with that camera bonus.
Officers should carry professional malpractice insurance just like doctors and lawyers. Just like doctors and lawyers, if the officer has too many malpractice claims, their insurance premiums rise. The cost of those premiums should be on the officer.
This will result in good cops being readily insurable and able to afford their insurance payments, while bad cops will price themselves out of being cops. Our country loves capitalism. What is more capitalist that this?
Absolutely. But the cop mafia, err, sorry, the cop union will never go for that…
Also they get a pay cut in the same amount of this increase if they also choose to carry a gun.
You’re thinking about indemnification. The thing that makes taxpayer cough up when cops fuck up.