(06-06-2020, 02:01 AM)JagNGeorgia Wrote: An FOP doesn’t have a strong enough hand to stop the firing of a dirty cop. They don’t hold the same power as a union. 

The idea that police don’t police themselves is a myth. You can’t imagine how many cops I’ve seen fired for something as little as lying about signing out equipment. This idea comes from the public’s perception when they see a cop like Chauvin get 17 complaints over 19 years so he must’ve been dirty, and the department covered for him. People complain about everything. Often they do it just to ruin your career. 

Tear what down? What does that even mean? You can’t propose ideas without an idea of how to accomplish the goal. It’s easy to say rebuild the police department with less corruption while ignoring that there’s no foolproof method to weed that out. And when the next George Floyd happens, we’ll be back here saying the same thing. 

Your suggestion that paying for good cops will come after they’re fixed ignores that bad cops won’t fix it.