Op-Ed: Police union contracts shield bad cops from punishment. Here's how to rein them in (via latimesopinion)
Derek Chauvin, the Minneapolis policeman now charged for the murder of Floyd, had received at 17 least prior complaint citations. He was, for pulling a woman out of her car after stopping her for driving 10 mph above the speed limit.
reviewing police misconduct in Chicago, where only 2% of complaints result in disciplinary action, said collective bargaining agreements “essentially turned the code of silence into official policy.” Records of misconduct are typically sealed, and in cities from Baltimore to Cleveland, union contracts permit officers to expunge evidence of past misconduct. Many contracts forbid questioning of officers accused of misconduct for anywhere from several hours to several days — allowing officers to change their recollections and, if multiple cops are involved, to coordinate stories.
found that in Florida, after county sheriffs’ deputies won the right to collective bargaining, violent incident complaints rose 40%, compared with a control group.
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