Are you talking about insuring them against lawsuits ? Or being guiltless in case they kill somebody?
If he means providing each and every one their own malpractice insurance as part of their compensation package great.
Let the insurance industry weed out the bad apples since the "good ones" working around the "bad ones" have limited recourse in the real world.
As with most complex issues, the devil's in the details.
Yes, this!If he means providing each and every one their own malpractice insurance as part of their compensation package great.
Let the insurance industry weed out the bad apples since the "good ones" working around the "bad ones" have limited recourse in the real world.
It’s my understanding that it was common practice for most cops (smart ones anyway) to carry personal liability insurance for this very reason, but..
it’s difficult to get now and has been greatly watered down, and expensive
Such is our current state of the court system
If you are trying to stop unfair civil law suits, you are protecting a large number of abusive cops who need to be sued out of existence. Instead, go after the root cause of the problem: corrupt courts. Install GOOD supreme court justices and make it a hefty fine against lower courts when their cases are overturned by the supreme court. Lower courts will work hard to be right the first time.
Make it easy to punish frivolous law suits.
Make it unprofitable for criminal use of the court system and put stiff penalties on perjury.
When a defense lawyer coaches his client to lie under oath, slap him with conspiracy. A defense lawyer is there to see that his client gets a fair trial, not to conspire with him to lie & deceive the court to get away with the crime. A defense lawyer should be held to honorable standards. btw- same for prosecutors. When they lie, they should get the penalty they unlawfully tried to pin on the defendant.
When a judge takes bribes, let him serve the prison time of his last 20 cases.
Always go for the root cause- not the symptoms. Trump is screwing up again if he said this. Trump is lacking in wisdom and honor.
If frivolous civil law suits against cops are not brought under control:If you are trying to stop unfair civil law suits, you are protecting a large number of abusive cops who need to be sued out of existence. Instead, go after the root cause of the problem: corrupt courts. Install GOOD supreme court justices and make it a hefty fine against lower courts when their cases are overturned by the supreme court. Lower courts will work hard to be right the first time.
Make it easy to punish frivolous law suits.
Make it unprofitable for criminal use of the court system and put stiff penalties on perjury.
When a defense lawyer coaches his client to lie under oath, slap him with conspiracy. A defense lawyer is there to see that his client gets a fair trial, not to conspire with him to lie & deceive the court to get away with the crime. A defense lawyer should be held to honorable standards. btw- same for prosecutors. When they lie, they should get the penalty they unlawfully tried to pin on the defendant.
When a judge takes bribes, let him serve the prison time of his last 20 cases.
Always go for the root cause- not the symptoms. Trump is screwing up again if he said this. Trump is lacking in wisdom and honor.
I would say no considering how badly the police, at all levels, have abused Qualified Immunity and Asset Seizure.
Let them kick rocks and get their own insurance just like the rest of the taxpayers.
They can always get a job doing something else.
Muse...It’s my understanding that it was common practice for most cops (smart ones anyway) to carry personal liability insurance for this very reason, but..
it’s difficult to get now and has been greatly watered down, and expensive
Such is our current state of the court system
Personal and businesses general liability raises yearly and in some trades or occupations is basically mandated to stay compliant in most states, cities, etc...
It keeps getting more expensive not because of inflation in general, but because the insurance companies often settle out of court, because it's cheaper. The lawyers on all sides laugh all the way to the bank and back. While governments enable the circus, and often mandate the insurances.
Frivolous lawsuits are not prevalent because there settled out of court. Just as bad.
Thinking of the video I watched yesterday where the Sheriff and sheriff's SWAT team and local PD and their Chief almost got in a fist fight with each other at a call.
Did you spend any part of last night near a Holiday Inn?I’m talking about Trumps promise to indemnify police, which if I understand correctly, the idea is to protect all law enforcement against personal civil liability, but not criminal liability.
1) Cop shoots someone, a “good shoot”
2) Court says cop was acting according to law, issues qualified immunity, cop is safe from criminal liability
3) Family of shot victim sues cop, cop faces civil liability lawsuit from family of shot person and faces great personal monitory loss, is tied up in court for years. Most cops carry personal insurance for this very reason, but they’re still tied up in court for years and not all expenses are covered by insurance.
To indemnify police, they would be protected from civil lawsuits as they are from criminal lawsuits when it is determined they were acting within the law
Now this is just my limited understanding, I’m no lawyer!
Because the tax payers will have to pay the personal lawsuits on said police?It sounds as if you’re in favor of indemnifying the police?
Everything you say points to higher taxpayer costs re: policing
that, and frivolous lawsuits have the effect of good guys with guns not wanting to put on a badgeBecause the tax payers will have to pay the personal lawsuits on said police?
Muse ....Reading this thread and started wondering.
What is the purpose of police?
Do they deter crime?
I guess they enforce the law but who's law?
Serve and protect?
Who?
Wanna abolish the IRS while you’re at it?I've mused that if we got rid of 90%+ of the laws made since 1850 or even 1950 and got rid of all nanny state laws... at this point it's also probably need to get rid of 90%+ of them too.
Liability insurance would be super cheap.