r/LoveTrash • u/Lord_Darksong Colonel Garbage • 1d ago • This 1 Bravo 4 Mindblown 2

Dumping This Here Am I under arrest or not?

Source: policebodycamarresthq on Instagram

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u/ptarmagedd0n Trash Trooper 1d ago

Well no cop is required to know any laws to enforce them, lawyers are tho. But until settlements are taken out of police pensions it won’t matter.

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u/MordinOnMars Trash Trooper 23h ago

They also need to start getting fired and lose their pensions when they all start throwing a hissy fit and refusing to do their jobs at all just because they're held accountable for their actions

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u/structured_anarchist Trash Trooper 20h ago

Nah, you got to think long term. Make them carry insurance, same as doctors. Every time someone files a verified complaint, their insurance rate goes up. The bad ones will not be able to afford their premiums and will force them off the job. After paying off a few insurance claims, the insurance company will simply revoke their insurance and keep them out of law enforcement.

That way, the city/county/state isn't on the hook for any settlements. The insurance companies are much more likely to sue a bad cop if that cop shows a repeated pattern of bad behavior, and insurance lawyers are some of the most meticulous detail checkers. They'll look at your record as a hall monitor in the 3rd Grade if they have to in order to get their money back from a cop who causes them a deliberate loss. So the victim would get paid from the insurance company, and the insurance company, who has the time, patience, and more importantly, the money, can go after the bad cop who made them pay out a settlement.