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[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 year ago

I'm not mad about police being paid well. They should be, but I think it should be easier than this to lose it if you get convicted of a crime:

Nearly half of all officers suspended and convicted of a crime returned to work. Just under one in 10 were fired.

[–] Son_of_dad@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Every bit of that money should be recuperated from the police pension fund. Instead it comes out of ours, the taxpayers.

[–] nbailey@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 year ago

Police should be required to hold malpractice insurance, just like every other “profession” that has inherent risk to public safety.