https://www.sfchronicle.com/projects/2024/police-clean-record-agreements-pensions/?hash=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2ZjaHJvbmljbGUuY29tL3Byb2plY3RzLzIwMjQvcG9saWNlLWNsZWFuLXJlY29yZC1hZ3JlZW1lbnRzLXBlbnNpb25zLw==&time=MTcyNjY2OTkwNDcxNQ==&rid=N2IzNjI5MWMtZDEyOC00NDljLTk2ZjItYzM3MzY3OGI4MzE3&sharecount=MQ==
Some California police officers who get into trouble suddenly claim they’ve been injured. Their departments disagree, but still award them lifetime disability pensions.
https://reason.com/2024/08/23/albuquerques-police-chief-thinks-cops-have-a-5th-amendment-right-to-leave-their-body-cameras-off/
Harold Medina made that argument during an internal investigation of a crash he caused last February.
https://eu.indystar.com/story/opinion/2024/08/13/marion-county-asset-forfeiture-treats-cash-transfers-as-crimes/74777122007/
This isn’t crime fighting. It’s an actual crime — a blatant, naked theft carried out by officers, Libertarian Party Chair Evan McMahon writes.
https://www.propublica.org/article/nypd-tossed-out-police-misconduct-discipline-cases-edward-caban
The department has killed more than 400 cases of alleged misconduct this year that an oversight board had investigated and substantiated. It’s part of a lax attitude toward discipline under the current police commissioner, Edward Caban, critics say.
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