I read somewhere that according to official counts.. Police departments have already killed over 400 people this year.. and those counts may be low
I read somewhere that according to official counts.. Police departments have already killed over 400 people this year.. and those counts may be low
mad_machine wrote: I read somewhere that according to official counts.. Police departments have already killed over 400 people this year.. and those counts may be low
Records are not kept properly to document the deaths of citizens via police action. Here is an article from 538.com regarding the matter. 538.com is a statistics website run by Nate Silver. He is/will be a legend in the near future. He has called the winner of the last two presidential elections by predicting the winner in 49 states for 2008 and all 50 for the 2012 election.
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Should the police be required to get insurance against their making mistakes just as doctors and nurses currently have to?
DrBoost wrote: Ok, so I'm not the only one that thought there was insurance for this sort of thing.
There is, but the local article on this case pointed out that the policy this municipality purchased only kicks in on judgments over $2 million.
On a related note, I saw a news article about a small rural town here in MI that had their insurance carrier refuse to renew their liability policy because their police force had hundreds of untrained people on their list of reserve officers. More than the population of the city. Turns out it was a scheme for wealthy people from all over the state to buy the right to carry concealed guns anywhere they wanted as a "police officer". 
Dr. Hess wrote: Legal judgements like that are not taxable.
Hmm, is that the case only against government?
In reply to WilD:
And the sad thing is, that is a corruption of power. Around here, a reserve officer can only claim to be a police officer only when in uniform and on duty.....otherwise they can get popped for impersonation.
Has anyone made a snarky comment about Detroit being a pile of suck yet?
Privatized police is not the answer. They thought the same thing in Louisiana with the prisons and it is costing the state more across the board.
The taxpayer is always on the hook one way or the other. There is a chunk of society that waits for the opportunity to sue the government. I can't tell you how many times either a lawyer as beaten me to an accident or people have tried to board a bus after the fact and claim injury.
In reply to yamaha:
As far as I know, it is any judgement. Also insurance payouts. Note that I am not a tax expert or legal expert.
Xceler8x wrote: Should the police be required to get insurance against their making mistakes just as doctors and nurses currently have to?
Absolutely. Everyone else does.. why should they be special?
yamaha wrote:Dr. Hess wrote: Legal judgements like that are not taxable.Hmm, is that the case only against government?
As far as I know, legal judgments are tax free. We got a legal judgment years ago and it was 100% tax free.
pres589 wrote: Has anyone made a snarky comment about Detroit being a pile of suck yet?
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