tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post3419665868754155541..comments2024-03-28T09:59:13.754-07:00Comments on bionic mosquito: Fixing the Relationship?bionic mosquitohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12002548958078731031noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-72679595196421025732015-05-04T14:37:30.620-07:002015-05-04T14:37:30.620-07:00This conflates two issues; police are a uniform or...This conflates two issues; police are a uniform organization, i.e. a single homogenous organization, and the police unions are confused about representing the best of and best interests of the individual policemen. When the union defends the indefensible there is no attorney arms-length disassociation from such position. Rather, the union stamps each member with the taint of patently indefensible acts.<br />Rather than involving the entire force in such individual matters, the union should hire an attorney for the accused and stand aside. Liability should attach to the individual not the entire organization. I have to agree that attaching liability to the employer for acts that violate both the law and police training insulates the culprits from accountability. Too often the matter is bought off with taxpayer dollars with no individual repercussions.<br /><br /> Tom O<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-86857862532964401752015-05-04T12:53:45.418-07:002015-05-04T12:53:45.418-07:00" but any interaction with an officer can res..." but any interaction with an officer can result in turning you into a criminal matter."<br /><br /> True, that. Just because they ain't out to get you doesn't mean that they won't.EdDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18014116053110549753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-15367261621969502002015-05-04T09:39:10.288-07:002015-05-04T09:39:10.288-07:00The best option for municipalities, counties, st...The best option for municipalities, counties, states etc., imo, is to require police unions to obtain professional liabilty insurance similar to that carried by doctors and lawyers. Let the insurance company and the union figure out training routines, essential skills for de-escalation of potential violence etc and do the actuarial analysis for per officer premiums. When a few officers' are the source of all the claims, the others officers will not agree to subsidize the increased premiums for hotheads and assholes. The problem we have now is that coverage is paid for as part of the whole operations and subsidized by the tax payers. Of course the police will stick together because it costs them nothing and they have everything to lose. If they have to pay the costs of the poorly trained or incompetent officers they will have everything to lose and nothing to gain by continuing to work with the incompetent officers who cost the taxpayers the most with their lack of respect for life and property of the taxpayers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-78501793221741902782015-05-04T09:21:32.439-07:002015-05-04T09:21:32.439-07:00Article is right on target.
People inevitably see...Article is right on target.<br /><br />People inevitably seek to work in their own interest. No surprise then, that rulers and bureaucrats can only recommend more ruling and more bureaucracy. Actually solving problems would put them out of business, and therefore is nowhere to be found in their recommendations.<br /><br />The only question is, why do any peons believe anything the ruling class advocates?Paul Bonneauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15279129269584372919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-78132833057492419372015-05-04T07:08:53.383-07:002015-05-04T07:08:53.383-07:00You just wrote a fairy tale, this will never happe...You just wrote a fairy tale, this will never happen in our country.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-37496737749380227592015-05-04T00:32:42.711-07:002015-05-04T00:32:42.711-07:00There's no doubt for the Libertarian the solut...There's no doubt for the Libertarian the solution is simple: disband the police force and let the people come up with solutions. What will replace the police force: a) private security firms/bounty hunters; b) local militia groups. It would be argued private firms would be more interested in trying to prevent the criminal getting access to a home or business in the first place than trying to track down offenders. Bounty hunters and local militias can try to track down offenders who won't voluntarily turn up to court however they would have no special privileges and could be legally killed in self-defence by the accused if they try to assume they had the legal immunity that cops once had. <br /><br />One more thing the final step would be enact solid Stand Your Ground laws for private homes and businesses: namely it's up the individuals in the process of a crime to defend themselves and in that moment of opportunity the criminals cedes all their rights and the burden of proof would be on the criminals and their representatives.Gilnoreply@blogger.com