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I believe a lot of the mistrust comes from the police, policing themselves. I believe that the trust will improve when more cities take action like we see here.
The internal review decided the officer did nothing wrong but did recommend a 24 hour suspension.
The city disagreed and fired him. The correct call. I'm sure the union will now fight this and I will not be surprised if he gets his job back but an officer like this can never gain the trust of the people.
An internal police review found that multiple supervisors supported Rosen curb stomping the handcuffed man, and said Rosen acted within department policy.
If stomping on the head of a handcuffed man is department policy there likely needs to be more people fired.
I believe a lot of the mistrust comes from the police, policing themselves. I believe that the trust will improve when more cities take action like we see here.
The internal review decided the officer did nothing wrong but did recommend a 24 hour suspension.
The city disagreed and fired him. The correct call. I'm sure the union will now fight this and I will not be surprised if he gets his job back but an officer like this can never gain the trust of the people.
Cities with independent reviews have done no better than cities without them on police misconduct. (Often worse.)
I still propose that the only way to fix this is two policies:
1) Dramatically increase pay to allow selectivity in hiring.
2) Mandatory retirement of no more than 20 years, and ideally less than 15 years, with a 50% or more pension. No option to work for another public department (they can go into private security, but no longer be a certified commissioned officer). Police chiefs are commissioned only.
All other policies (cameras, independent review, increased training, etc) get layered on top of this for incremental improvements, but none of these policies will succeed without these two.
"Who guards the guardians" has been one of the most difficult political problems mankind has ever faced. We still do not have a very good answer.
But keep voting and paying taxes.
One of these days it will work...it just gotta work!
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