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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I dont care if she does police ride-a-longs, or any of the other questions here.

I do care if she is approaching the issue of policing reform with a predetermined stance/position- which is what I think is happening.  [/quote]

Every single Councilmember approaches this issue with a predetermined stance/position which is based in large part on how beholden they are to the FOP vs progressive activitists[/quote]

The FOP had the state and county elected officials at their service for many years and got them to pass laws that prevented the removal of bad officers and aided in sweeping misconduct under the rug. [b]Then egregious misconduct happened [/b]and the pendulum swung back violently. There’s a lesson in here for other lobbyists who find themselves in favor at any given time: moderate. Given how many renter protection laws are swirling around, it looks like developers are going to have their turns next, and it couldn’t happen fast enough to a better group of people. [/quote]

I agree with all of what you've written but the bolded.  What egregious misconduct has happened that hasn't resulted in discipline?[/quote]

The recent egregious misconduct resulted in individual accountability AND sweeping reform. The rough ride that Freddie Gray got happened many times before it resulted in a death but those previous rides resulted in neither individual accountability nor reform. Then the conduct and consequences rose to a level so egregious that it resulted in both discipline and reforms, because individual discipline was deemed an inadequate remedy by elected officials. It was no longer sufficient to dismiss and/or prosecute officers under existing laws. In legislators’ view, those laws had to be changed to increase civilian oversight and make it easier to convict cops. If the FOP had earlier ceded some ground to make it easier to dismiss bad cops, there’s a good chance that they would be in a better position than they are. [/quote]

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