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Then no one would want to be a police officer.

Could also just give the death penalty for any attempted or successful swats (though finding the perpetrator might be difficult). And maybe improve legislation and technology related to it.

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The kind of people who don’t want to become police officers because they’re worried about being held accountable for their actions? Those are exactly the kind of people who should never be allowed become police officers. If we were really interested in Justice we’d build the system specifically to eliminate those kinds of people before they got anywhere near badge and a gun.

> Could also just give the death penalty for any attempted or successful swats

Nope, because innocent people would then inevitably get framed for it.

Just fix the real problem which is the out-of-control police response

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