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Georgia mayor who fired town’s entire police force resigns, citing family ‘health concerns’
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I'd say the police being hired on a local level is not necessarily better or worse than on state or federal level. It might mean having racist town cops and non-racist state troopers or vice versa.
What is definetly fucked up is the lack of training. I mean even in LA where there's quite the intense training I personally find it lacking. Cops here study and graduate with at least a bachelors degree.
Also as someone that holds a law degree from a country with codified law and a very strict and proven legal theoretical construct, I find the idea of case law rediculous. It's outdated - by centuries
The necessary bribes are much smaller when police are locally hired.
Depends on the wages. You could have a state-wide pay level.
Maybe police and politicians should both wear bodycams.
What's fucked up is the lack of accountability. So many lawsuits paid for by the public while the offending officers get paid time off or resign to be immediately hired by the next town over
True, though I imagine that might also have to do with the town's legal departments. Normally you would have the officer at least take partial accountability. That he cannot pay millions should be clear. But frankly that is an issue tied directly to thr education and training of these officers. If the towns don't train their officers properly, they expect costly mistakes to happen and I feel like the town is at least partly to blame and shout pay some costs.
Can you elaborate here? What makes case law outdated and what drawbacks does it have, in your opinion?
It has no constructual theory underlining it. It does evolve, but only when lawyers and judges are open to progressive change.
The same applies to codified law in theory. However law science takes much more room. Scholars argue in all directions and publush their oppinions. Law makers and hugh courts use those as well as fundamental changes in public oppinion to shape laws or write them from the ground up. And codified law does know precedent, it is rarely completely binding though. Lower courts may present differing oppinions and divert from precedent.
It also gives the people a much better access to law. You can just easily read up upon it. In fact penal law for one is written purposefully so that everyone should be able to understand it.
Also juries? In what world does one think having 20 something random people decide whether someones guilty?