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« on: May 30, 2020, 11:05:06 PM »

As this is a national problem, all these recommendations are at the federal level.

1. Break down the blue wall of silence. Teachers are mandatory reporters for child abuse. If they even have a suspicion that a child has been abused, they are held criminally liable if they do not report it. Certainly they would be legally compelled to report violence against a child by another teacher that they saw with their own eyes.

Police officers should carry the same burden; an officer who sees another officer use unnecessary force or any other form of misconduct should be held criminally liable if they do not report it, with the penalty being a high-level misdemeanor including fines and possible imprisonment and the immediate, mandatory, and permanent surrender of the badge; i.e. the person may never serve as a police officer again. This level of penalty is necessary to match the current penalties cops face if they DO report misconduct in order to force police culture to accept whistleblowing.

2. Decriminalization of nonviolent and minor drug offenses and many other offenses as well. Also legalization of marijuana. A ton of excessive/asymmetric responses by cops have to do with drug offenses. They also turn to a of otherwise-law-abiding Americans into felons, often forcing them back into a life of crime due to how hard it is for a felon to find a job.

3. Fund police departments entirely with tax money. Money from fines, etc. stemming from tickets and arrests should go to the state, where local authorities won’t see the “rewards”. Cars impounded and property seized should also become state property, as should any money derived from the subsequent sale of said property.

4. Any officer who trains other officers and teaches inappropriate/illegal behaviors such as kneeling on an offender’s neck will be immediately dismissed and may never serve as a police officer again.

5. Decrease the penalties for most nonviolent offenses (including traffic tickets, etc.), but legally compel officers to file the highest possible charge. Currently officers have some discretion which forces people to “play nice” with them in order to avoid a ticket or get a smaller one. This often results in searches of vehicles without a warrant which violate the 4th amendment.

6. End civil asset forfeiture.

7. Mandatory dash and body cameras for every officer the entire time the officer is on duty. If any camera stops working, the officer must return to the station and get a replacement. Officers may have the option to keep a spare camera in the car in case this happens depending on funding. This is not only for protection of citizens in case of police misconduct but also to protect officers from false accusations of the same.
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