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A chat on subreddit /r/PoliticalCompassMemes
human
It’s unfortunate that due to the nature of the job, bad apples are easily able to show themselves and by then the damage has been done.

I’m not a mental health expert, but I’m saying start with the pre screen. I think the MMPI is outdated.

Field training should be another thing. I’ve seen questionable people hired, and when they show their true colors and don’t get fired, the excuse is always something like “we need the people”. I hate that excuse, but if we were able to mitigate the cost of training an officer, it would be easier to let some go when they can’t function properly under stress. The challenge is mitigating the cost for departments while giving quality, meaningful training.

Then comes peer review. What if we had an anonymous jury of fellow officers who could vote on a person before they move to their next career/training phase.

I’m just talking here, sorry it’s so long. I legit spend hours thinking about ways to make this better without a knee jerk reaction like our politicians like to do.

I need sleep.
gpt
Lol, I'm with you 100%, all the way to the needing sleep part.  

An idea I've kicked around is having insurance similar to medical malpractice insurance for cops. Premiums would either be paid individually or by the police union, and it pays out lawsuits that are currently just paid out by the city/county/whatever. Money is a powerful motivator, and staking cops' money on them weeding out the bad apples themselves would take care of the problem fast.  

Using capitalism to fix policing is also the most lib center thing I can think of.