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The Bopper

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31. Not sure

Reply to EYESORE 9001 (Reply #2)

Wed Sep 14, 2022, 07:18 PM

Sep 2022

Letting a criminal escape should be the first thought. The same people would declare crime is overrunning is and the cops are useless. In this particular case unless the vehicle was involved in a felony, it’s easy to say the pursuit shouldn’t have happened but we’ve seen where people have sued the police for inaction. Damned if they do, damned if they don’t.

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Insurers force change on police departments long resistant to it [View all] Nevilledog Sep 2022 OP

Yes Please! Faux pas Sep 2022 #1

What took them so long? EYESORE 9001 Sep 2022 #2

+1 2naSalit Sep 2022 #15

Respectfully disagree unweird Sep 2022 #23

I would accept... 2naSalit Sep 2022 #24

+1 MontanaMama Sep 2022 #19

Not sure The Bopper Sep 2022 #31

Every police officer in the nation needs required malpractice insurance like a doctor ZonkerHarris Sep 2022 #3

Absolutely! SheltieLover Sep 2022 #5

Great idea. Due to the good old boys club, bad cops have been protected for far too long! Ziggysmom Sep 2022 #9

Add regular blood test for illegal drugs, including steroids. multigraincracker Sep 2022 #14

Great way to filter out the shitty cops! 2naSalit Sep 2022 #16

I'll play the role of devil's advocate TexasTowelie Sep 2022 #26

so be it. Probably the kind of cops we dont want if this requirement will keep them away ZonkerHarris Sep 2022 #29

There is a difference between an insurance requirement and bodycams. TexasTowelie Sep 2022 #30

Agreed yankee87 Sep 2022 #28

Good! Finally. nt crickets Sep 2022 #4

Long overdue! SheltieLover Sep 2022 #6

Make them individually liable as well - legally and financially dalton99a Sep 2022 #7

Reality The Bopper Sep 2022 #32

When I look at the latest settlement for some police dep't thuggery I wonder: when are the citizens Hekate Sep 2022 #8

In this country, it's ONLY MONEY, NOT character or integrity, that makes people do the BComplex Sep 2022 #10

This, exactly. :-( (n/t) thesquanderer Sep 2022 #17

Is this a sly form of "defunding the police?" bucolic_frolic Sep 2022 #11

Or, you know, they could stop terrorizing, beating, and killing citizens. Nevilledog Sep 2022 #13

K&R, uponit7771 Sep 2022 #12

And to top it off Make part of the damages come out of the Police retirement fund. flying_wahini Sep 2022 #18

It's A Good Start, But... ProfessorGAC Sep 2022 #20

The Market Place has Spoken! Ford_Prefect Sep 2022 #21

I was just about to say that Ohioboy Sep 2022 #22

No matter Old Crank Sep 2022 #25

It's about damn time BumRushDaShow Sep 2022 #27