This sounds like a good idea but Baltimore is 90% black and juries will use this to bankrupt all the white cops even if the cop did nothing wrong . It also means the "victims" will probably get very little money.
https://www.activistpost.com/2018/02...taxpayers.html
feb 12 2018 In a memo sent out by police union president Gene Ryan this week, Baltimore City officers were warned about how they could be charged with punitive damage if a jury finds that they acted with malice during an attack on a citizen.
The email stated that:
... Since Andre Davis has been named as our new City Solicitor, he has adopted a policy of not paying any punitive damages despite the fact that the Police Officer has been found to have acted appropriately by the office of the State’s Attorney as well as the Baltimore Police Department.
What this means is that police officers are now required to pay these punitive damage awards, which can amount to thousands of dollars, out of their own pockets. Since punitive damages cannot be discharged in bankruptcy, the successful citizen can file an attachment against your wages taking 25% of your net bi-weekly paycheck until the amount of the punitive judgment is satisfied.
Please keep this in mind as you go about performing your duties.
Reckless drivers are a bigger threat to you than all other criminals put together!
THE BIG LIE - Blacks and whites are different physically but identical mentally!
There is no way 81 million americans voted for a man they know is a child molester w dementia. Impeach Joe the Pedophile Vegetable (JPV)
We have the intellect to imagine the finality of our own demise but do not have the sophistication to overcome our survival instinct and accept it.
Solution? Magical thinking and childish promises of everlasting life.
Ergo, religion.
rac·ist
rāsəst/noun
a person who believes that a particular race is superior to another.
Ask yourself honestly if this describes what you believe to be true.
If the answer is yes, you are a racist.
Rune (02-12-2018)
Well, if that's true, it's another reason not to go into police work. This policy could affect officers of all races.
anatta (02-12-2018)
So what will happen is that these cases will go to trial and the city will lose so much more than they could have settled for because the defendant cop doesn't have to settle that they will change the policy.
Reckless drivers are a bigger threat to you than all other criminals put together!
THE BIG LIE - Blacks and whites are different physically but identical mentally!
There is no way 81 million americans voted for a man they know is a child molester w dementia. Impeach Joe the Pedophile Vegetable (JPV)
Nordberg (02-12-2018), TrippyHippy (02-13-2018)
At least don't become a cop in Baltimore..
new City Solicitor, he has adopted a policy of not paying any punitive damages despite the fact that the Police Officer has been found to have acted appropriately by the office of the State’s Attorney as well as the Baltimore Police Department.
What this means is that police officers are now required to pay these punitive damage awards, which can amount to thousands of dollars, out of their own pockets. Since punitive damages cannot be discharged in bankruptcy, the successful citizen can file an attachment against your wages taking 25% of your net bi-weekly paycheck until the amount of the punitive judgment is satisfied.
Please keep this in mind as you go about performing your duties.
WTF is this all about? If you get sued you pay, despite you are cleared of charges??
So much for "got your back" police work
Police have been able to do horrible things and get away with it. I have been advocating police pay a portion of the costs the city incurs for their illegal behavior. A few years ago a Detroit cop was responsible for 5 lawsuits of over a million dollars. He did not even lose his job. Cops are protected from what the messes they make. Just make them pay a percentage and they will likely be smarter about what they do. Maybe cop insurance. But when they do damage, they should feel it too.
TrippyHippy (02-13-2018)
I'm sure this will not effect the city's ability to get people to work for their police department......
Reckless drivers are a bigger threat to you than all other criminals put together!
THE BIG LIE - Blacks and whites are different physically but identical mentally!
There is no way 81 million americans voted for a man they know is a child molester w dementia. Impeach Joe the Pedophile Vegetable (JPV)
Excellent!" juries will use this to bankrupt all the white cops even if the cop did nothing wrong . " TK
ANY cop that doesn't think s/he can dodge that risk should never wear the uniform in the first place. McDonalds is hiring. We'll all be safer if they seek employment there.
Granting diplomatic immunity to police transcends madness. It's what computer scientists call a dysfunctional feedback loop.
If ANY cop is not willing to accept FULL legal responsibility for their conduct OTJ, then tell them blue isn't their color. Period.
Kudos to Baltimore!Baltimore's new policy - Cops to pay punitive damages out of own pocket
Let us all hope this is the spark of responsibility that ignites and engulfs the nation.
"It should be obvious to anyone why conservatives and libertarians should be against Trump. He has no grounding in belief. No core philosophy. No morals. No loyalty. No curiosity. No empathy and no understanding. He demands personal loyalty and not loyalty to the nation. His only core belief is in his own superiority to everyone else. His only want is exercise more and more personal power." smb / purveyor of fact 18/03/18
anatta (02-13-2018)
A sad commentary on we, as a people, and our viewpoint of our freedom can be summed up like this. We have liberals and conservatives, Democrats and Republicans, yet those very people look at Constitutionalists as radical and extreme.................so those liberals and conservatives, Democrats and Republicans must believe that the constitution is radical and extreme.
SEDITION: incitement of resistance to or insurrection against lawful authority.
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