hey man, maybe it's just impossible to do really shitty policing for any less than that.. the economics of violence, man.. you bring a bat, i bring a Maserati Urban Assault Mech and a bunch of armed psychopaths with badges.. it's just MATH.. Chicago taxpayers should be grateful..
I really believe this would work. If you had to carry insurance to be a cop, then the premiums for bad cops would rise to the point where it no longer makes sense for any police force to employ them.
Former cops (of any length of time) should not be allowed to be on an oversight committee. They’ll be too ingrained in their culture and have possible motives to protect friends. Just my thought on it
Oversight committees should be entirely staffed with the family members of people that cops have murdered and people who have been wrongly convicted and exonerated.
Or ANY cop show, that just glosses over all this shit… In fact they all at some point have some plotline where there is “one” bad cop, and of course the department holds them accountable and they are dealt with…
I think Brooklyn 99 did a pretty decent job. Terry Crews’ character gets racially profiled and he lodges a complaint and gets a ton of pushback (and is only supported by his gay black police chief), and in several episodes the Union Rep is the bad guy, and push for reform leads to a “Blue Flu.” It definitely shows negative and positive on the show.
Brooklyn 99 definitely skated the line of copaganda , the last season showed how their Unions act and why no one is ever held accountable or minimally.
I have more hope of it happening in Chicago than some other cities. This is part of the Wikipedia entry on Mayor Johnson (last part notwithstanding)-
In the summer of 2020, amid the George Floyd protests, Johnson authored the “Justice for Black Lives” resolution that was adopted in July 2020.[27][28] The resolution called for reallocating funding “from policing and incarceration” to “public services not administered by law enforcement that promote community health and safety equitably.”[27] In an interview that year, Johnson praised the political catchphrase “defund the police” as a “real political goal”. He would later walk back his embrace of the phrase “defund the police”, especially making an effort to disassociate himself from it during his 2023 mayoral campaign.[27][29]
The government has abused its power to classify and protect information. It shouldn’t take newspaper investigations to find out where our tax money is going.
I still haven’t seen the uvalde tapes. What authority are they using to keep public information from the public and who granted the police this power?
I mean it’s also kind of worthless to deploy in areas with frequent gunshots. We have a similar system here in STL and all it’s done is flood the police with alerts of gunshots in areas everyone already knew were full of gunshots. in the whole county we have people shooting in the air every time the blues score, it’s not just violent crime shots
Generally speaking, every shot you fire in the air is a violent crime of negligence. That bullet is going to return to Earth at still-lethal velocity, largely because no-one ever fires straight up, so really all they’re doing is making long distance shots at a target they can’t see.
Hooray! People are finally wanting to pay for the things they’re pushing for. Even though it’s a pittance and more of a volunteer position.
Big takeaways are at the end of the article.
The commission has the final say on policy for the Chicago Police Department, but the mayor can veto its decisions. In turn, the mayor’s action could be overridden by a two-thirds vote by the City Council.
The commission will have the power to hire the head of the Civilian Office of Police Accountability, known as COPA, which is the agency charged with probing police misconduct. In addition to conducting the search for a new police superintendent, when necessary, the commission is also charged with filling empty spots on the Chicago Police Board, which disciplines officers.
The commission will also have the power to pass a resolution of no confidence in the superintendent and any member of the Chicago Police Board with a two-thirds vote. That could trigger City Council action.
The president of the commission will be selected by a vote of the commissioners and be paid $15,000 annually. Commissioners will earn $12,000, according to city law.
All seven commissioners must have lived in Chicago for at least five years, and the CCPSA must be made up of at least two North Side residents, two South Side residents and two West Side residents, according to the rules.
In addition, at least two commissioners must be attorneys with expertise in civil rights, civil liberties, or criminal defense or prosecution. Another commissioner must have experience in community organizing. Two other commissioners must be between the ages of 18 and 24, according to the rules.
However, commissioners cannot have worked for CPD, COPA or the Police Board in the past five years, according to the rules.
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