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There is no means to draft, much less enforce, such a law.
We do, however, have the capability to identify the cops that stack up complaints, against people of any color, as some do so at a greatly enhanced rate relative to others.
In the same way insurance actuaries can develop a risk profile based on a person's health, driving record, and various other bits of data, it could be done here as well for cops. Very little doubt about it, actually. This can be done statistically and objectively. It could be done even without knowing the name or anything else about a given officer.
And it should be. I find myself in the odd position of almost agreeing with Camp. Measures have to be taken. I said it in 2015 here on this board after Laquan McDonald, and I'll say it again now after George Floyd. Cops in both of those cases had a disproportionate number of complaints filed against them with little, if any, repercussions and these things could very well have been prevented. That nothing has been done since McDonald blows my mind.
And that is also what burns my ass. Cops have a tough job. I don't want it. It is important to support the police and most of them are good cops doing a very difficult and dangerous and necessary job, but we have to face the fact that some of them are not always good cops. And, beyond that, we have to do something about it.
These things can absolutely be reduced. The data is there. It isn't even all that difficult in terms of setting up a system to do so. The problem lies with the unions that protect these guys and the lack of balls of public officials to demand it and force it if necessary. They'll do it again here, I have little doubt. Talk, talk, talk. Actions: little to none.
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We do, however, have the capability to identify the cops that stack up complaints, against people of any color, as some do so at a greatly enhanced rate relative to others.
In the same way insurance actuaries can develop a risk profile based on a person's health, driving record, and various other bits of data, it could be done here as well for cops. Very little doubt about it, actually. This can be done statistically and objectively. It could be done even without knowing the name or anything else about a given officer.
And it should be. I find myself in the odd position of almost agreeing with Camp. Measures have to be taken. I said it in 2015 here on this board after Laquan McDonald, and I'll say it again now after George Floyd. Cops in both of those cases had a disproportionate number of complaints filed against them with little, if any, repercussions and these things could very well have been prevented. That nothing has been done since McDonald blows my mind.
And that is also what burns my ass. Cops have a tough job. I don't want it. It is important to support the police and most of them are good cops doing a very difficult and dangerous and necessary job, but we have to face the fact that some of them are not always good cops. And, beyond that, we have to do something about it.
These things can absolutely be reduced. The data is there. It isn't even all that difficult in terms of setting up a system to do so. The problem lies with the unions that protect these guys and the lack of balls of public officials to demand it and force it if necessary. They'll do it again here, I have little doubt. Talk, talk, talk. Actions: little to none.
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