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There needs to be a requirement that Police are insured. The city/county shouldn't pay the bill for poor personal behavior of police with a side of accountability in the form of keeping insurable.

No, just put bad fucking cops in jail. We don't need some damn market of insurance for criminal behavior just because we are so unwilling to hold powerful people accountable, we just have to finally stand the fuck up and demand accountability!

The only reason to favor the insurance scheme over, you know, actual justice, is if you stand to profit from it.

> I fear this will be another egregious violation of the Constitution ignored under qualified immunity.

The police officers, individually can have qualified immunity. The governments that employ them do not.

Which nicely transfers accountability away from the individuals doing unacceptable things, to the city itself, which cannot go to jail and can pay any penalty through taxes to the same people said penalty is meant to help.

What a good system.

I'll certainly be following it, but I highly doubt this.