• foggy@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    They’d pay in higher insurance. Or by not hiring people who make their insurance go up.

    But yeah, they should foot the bill somehow, too.

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      8 months ago

      I guess I’m just not happy with the idea of some insurance company taking the hit. It still doesn’t hit cops directly enough even if their rates go up. Start making the union pay and maybe the union will make their members get in line.

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        8 months ago

        The advantage of having officers carry malpractice insurance is the same as it is with doctors. Eventually, the premiums to insure a bad officer get so high, no one is willing to pay them. Or, they simply uninsurable, as no company is willing to take on the risk. It also means there will be a large and politically connected organization (insurance companies) which have a financial interest in collecting data on bad police officers. Sure, that should be the government’s job, but since we know that’s not happening, why not exploit corporate greed for a positive thing?

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        8 months ago

        Insurance companies screw over everyone. That’s what they do. I’m okay with them sharing.

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        8 months ago

        Insurance companies are never mandated to take a policy - pushing up premiums is an effective way to discourage future bad behavior.

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      8 months ago

      If they paid in being more cautious about hiring shitty cops I’d call that a win… while ACAB, some are definitely much bigger assholes.

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        8 months ago

        We say ACAB because any high school kid knows what lunch table has the bullies. When it’s matters of life/death/power imbalances, there is a moral obligation to sound the alarm on that table.

        But no cops ever seem to call out the psychopaths with guns amongst them. And in a position of power, that is just as bad.

        One bad apple spoils the whole bunch.

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          8 months ago

          But no cops ever seem to call out the psychopaths with guns amongst them. And in a position of power, that is just as bad.