• KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    1 year ago

    Then send him home without pay. Still better than most who would be fired on the spot.

    Getting paid for an extended vacation when accused of wrongdoing is bullshit. Just because he’s a cop shouldn’t give him special treatment.

    • Takumidesh@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Why not change the way other professions handle it.

      Make it better for everyone instead of dragging the rest down.

      To add, the reason police have protections like this is because they have strong unions, the unions protect the workers. That is something that other jobs can also do, this isn’t a law, it’s a result of a negotiation.

      • KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        1 year ago

        The reason police forces can do this is because they are over funded with tax payer money. You think they actually pay attention to their bottom line? They literally buy military equipment with their surplus.

        “Free paid vacation” is an extreme problem with police. You already said they are different, in that their work can be extremely sensitive. The stock boy at Walmart deals with… random items.

      • Doug Holland@lemmy.worldOP
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        Cops don’t have “better unions,” they have criminal unions. They’re not like other unions — much more powerful, protective of active criminals long as they have a badge — and deserve no support, no matter how pro-union anyone might be.

        The root problem: Police are nearly worshipped in American society, to the point that not giving them everything they ask for is considered “weak on crime,” and can cost the Mayor his/her job.

        Pretending they’re a union like other unions makes the problem worse.