George Bell, a man from Queens who spent more than half his life in prison for a crime he did not commit, is now the recipient of the largest settlement payout for a wrongful conviction in New York City history.
Their pensions/salaries need to get hit for this before it will affect anything. Also there needs to be some kind of National law enforcement accreditation standard and training. I’d also like an independent review and oversight commission that allows zero current or former police, but I recognize all of this will never happen. Instead we have an occupying force ostensibly for our protection.
America will never have a national accreditation for this. Almost certainly a state’s rights issue as there’s no interstate-trade angle Congress could take.
But damn, I’d be all for it. If you’re a government official, and you carry a weapon, you get standard training.
Their pensions/salaries need to get hit for this before it will affect anything. Also there needs to be some kind of National law enforcement accreditation standard and training. I’d also like an independent review and oversight commission that allows zero current or former police, but I recognize all of this will never happen. Instead we have an occupying force ostensibly for our protection.
America will never have a national accreditation for this. Almost certainly a state’s rights issue as there’s no interstate-trade angle Congress could take.
But damn, I’d be all for it. If you’re a government official, and you carry a weapon, you get standard training.