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Police misconduct: Crime down, misconduct payouts up
Posted on 7/16/15 at 10:06 am
Posted on 7/16/15 at 10:06 am
From the WSJ:
The cost of resolving police-misconduct cases has surged for big U.S. cities in recent years, even before the current wave of scrutiny faced by law-enforcement over tactics.
The 10 cities with the largest police departments paid out $248.7 million last year in settlements and court judgments in police-misconduct cases, up 48% from $168.3 million in 2010, according to data gathered by The Wall Street Journal through public-records requests.
Those cities collectively paid out $1.02 billion over those five years in such cases, which include alleged beatings, shootings and wrongful imprisonment. When claims related to car collisions, property damage and other police incidents are included, the total rose to more than $1.4 billion.
On Monday, New York City agreed to a $5.9 million settlement with the estate of Eric Garner, whose death after being put in a police chokehold last summer sparked widespread protests.
The net of this is that taxes will rise on the businesses and residents to reflect higher payouts.
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The cost of resolving police-misconduct cases has surged for big U.S. cities in recent years, even before the current wave of scrutiny faced by law-enforcement over tactics.
The 10 cities with the largest police departments paid out $248.7 million last year in settlements and court judgments in police-misconduct cases, up 48% from $168.3 million in 2010, according to data gathered by The Wall Street Journal through public-records requests.
Those cities collectively paid out $1.02 billion over those five years in such cases, which include alleged beatings, shootings and wrongful imprisonment. When claims related to car collisions, property damage and other police incidents are included, the total rose to more than $1.4 billion.
On Monday, New York City agreed to a $5.9 million settlement with the estate of Eric Garner, whose death after being put in a police chokehold last summer sparked widespread protests.
The net of this is that taxes will rise on the businesses and residents to reflect higher payouts.
(admins: multiple paragraph b/c subscriber content)
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Posted on 7/16/15 at 10:09 am to N2cars
all cops should go on strike or just quit being cops. Just for a month or 90 days. See how society breaks down.
Posted on 7/16/15 at 10:12 am to Kracka
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all cops should go on strike or just quit being cops. Just for a month or 90 days. See how crime is essentially eliminated in areas with armed populations.
Posted on 7/16/15 at 10:14 am to Kracka
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all cops should go on strike or just quit being cops. Just for a month or 90 days. See how society breaks down.
Orrrr... the good cops put some soap in pillow cases and beat the shite out of the remedial shitty ones.
Posted on 7/16/15 at 10:20 am to Kracka
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all cops should go on strike or just quit being cops. Just for a month or 90 days. See how society breaks down.
You could say the same thing about garbage men. Don't act like they're above criticism.
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