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1. papeda+9r[view] [source] 2020-06-02 18:11:18
>>miles+(OP)
Slightly tangential question, but I have seen at least one proposal [1] for "malpractice insurance" for cops. The claim is that this would shift expenses for bad policing settlements from taxpayers to bad actors -- a bad cop attracts suits, creates settlements, pays higher premiums, and perhaps eventually stops being a cop. It has some kind of economic logic, but to the best of my knowledge this has never been implemented anywhere. Has it?

[1] https://www.cato.org/publications/commentary/make-cops-carry...

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2. JumpCr+jA[view] [source] 2020-06-02 18:48:14
>>papeda+9r
> this would shift expenses for bad policing settlements from taxpayers to bad actors

Why wouldn't the taxpayers be expected to pick up the cost in the form of increased pay?

Better: police unions indemnifying their employers against convictions.

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