So the cops are fine with surveiling the populace, but when somebody does it to them they're suddenly all butthurt? What a surprise.
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When their boss tracks government property to check his time claims no less.
Bye, you whiny thieving pigs.
Oh, do cops not like being surveiled and held accountable? That's crazy yo.
Perfect opportunity to clean house.
Looks like they just did. I see this as an absolute win.
Sounds like a win win for the public
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Why are the police upset? Do they have something to hide?
Yes. All of them, obviously.
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Sometimes the trash just takes itself out
On one hand, having your boss micromanage the hell out of you and kind of stalk you is insane.
On the other hand, that's what cops do daily to everyone with ALPR's. I'm not sure where to put my rage on this one lol. How's it feel to be treated the way you treat others?
I used to be a delivery driver for a wholesale bakery. The van was rigged to text my boss every time I went over 55MPH. This was years ago. The fact that there isn’t a similar level of surveillance on police is wild
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TLDR: The cops appear to have been fudging their time sheets to get money for nothing from the city and taxpayers.
But I can appreciate the amount of oversight this mayor unilaterally decided to enforce on behalf of constituents. Kinda sucks that we can't get this kind of institutional oversight except on a super-local scale.
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So mass surveillance is perfectly fine, because it helps detect crime. Even if it doesn't detect a single crime over the course of 20 years.
But surveillance for police officers is bad, even if it immediately detects crime?
Restructure and rehire. When one door shuts...
Doesn't have to be about oppression anymore. Today's police force is a relic of the lynch mob era. The mob became the police.
To anyone reading this: this user isn't being hyperbolic. Go listen to the 6-part series on cops by Behind the Bastards
The watchers don't like being watched. The irony.
Cops love warrantless search until someone has the audacity to use it against them.
Police should have GPS tracking on work vehicles. It is the same as body cameras, it can exonerate them as well as price wrongdoing.
Truckers have stricter requirements for GPS tracking and cameras than cops I bet.
Truckers have a weaker union than cops
Police unions are the only unions that shouldn't be allowed to exist. Police are enforcers for the ruling class, not labor.
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Logistics, you know where your people and equipment are in times of crisis instead of calling everyone on the radio. Pretty sure shipping companies do this for similar reasons, know where the stuff is at all times. If they have a problem with that being part of the job, they can find another one. For an honest cop, this shouldn't even be a question.
Moreover, cruisers are public property. If a private company provides a vehicle and are allowed to ensure it's not misused, certainly taxpayers funding the employees and property are entitled to ensuring responsible use.
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So the entire force was committing fraud, is what I’m hearing from those resignations. Charge the mfers instead of letting them just fuck off one county over.
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Problem took care of itself.
Uh oh somebody is upset they can't commit fraud and steal taxpayer dollars anymore.
One of the best things that New York City did while I was living there was to get rid of qualified immunity for police officers. Those who enforce the law should be the last people who should ever be considered to be ABOVE the law.
Simply resigning from one’s position should never absolve one from a crime nor be means from escape from investigation into/prosecution for one’s commission of/participation in a crime/crimes. And for police officers, specifically, when resigning from one police department, it should preclude the ability to ever join another.
Those who are entrusted to enforce the law should be held to a higher standard, not a lower one. This is one of the greatest civil failures of American society that must be corrected as soon as possible.
Just want to clarify, they limited qualified immunity in specific situations, they haven’t gotten rid of it completely.
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Cops hate accountability.
Abolish the police with one easy step!
Seriously, who knew it took this little? A GPS tracker and a camera? JFC, what are we waiting for?!!?!
A mayor with even a single vertebra in their spine when it comes to cops.
There is definitely more to this story
Hire new people. The police have too much power, we all know it.
Milner Police Chief Lamar Bunn says he’s done nothing wrong.
I wonder if that excuse would work on him when pulling someone over after retrieving their Flock data.
What did the police do wrong that caused them to resign?
No cops? Time to seize the means of production!
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