re: How would law enforcement look without qualified immunity?

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you were enforcing a valid law with correct procedure, they shouldn’t win the lawsuit.

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Doesn’t mean they won’t get sued anyway. Hell look at Atlanta right now with those guys.

Police would also be very high risk. You’re not taking about a CPA missing a number or a Dr in an ER with a team of nurses leaving some gauze behind. They’re out there dealing with criminals who do things like flee in vehicles then crash. Guess whose getting sued?

Hell there’s only a small handful of companies that offer accident insurance to cops/firefighters for on job injuries bc they’re so high risk. Now you want to throw coverage for liability as well? Good luck with that while you pay them 30-40k a year. They’d be broke.

Then the guys that are really out there being proactive would also be tied up in depositions for eternity.

So what you’d end up having are cops who have a “cheap rate” not answering the radio for certain calls or showing up hours later just to fill out the paperwork.