The Herald-Tribune examines how Florida police officers can stay on the job despite multiple complaints, crimes
This site features a thorough series of 9 in-depth media reports exposing just how flawed Florida police departments are and how despite flagrant abuses Florida police officers not only remain on pay, but are protected by their unions and retire to public pensions. The Herald-Tribune points out systemic problems in Florida which need to be addressed in order to improve the quality of the state’s police departments; suggestions which also apply elsewhere: eliminating patronage, enforcing the laws which exist with regard to police officers, correcting a too cozy relationship between the police and the local State’s Attorney’s office which declines to charge when valid offenses are reported, and stop the hampering of internal police investigations and reviews. A lot of this series explains why your local police officers are seldom brought up on criminal charges despite wrongdoing which would land your average citizen in court. The reports are downloadable as pdfs.
We have the same problem in Clark County. There are far too many dangerous and dishonest officers being paid $100,000 plus despite their flagrant violations of our civil rights.
I decided to keep track of these officers so they misconduct is not forgotten at my new blog http://clarkcountycriminalcops.wordpress.com/
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