Why do they allow cops who have many complaints/violations allow to remain on the force? (accuse, compared)

[Msgenerse]

Think how often you hear about a cop who did something horrible yet looking back there are many complaints/violations in their past. Why is this allowed? Considering what power they're given any cop that has one violation should immediately be fired and never allowed to work any kind of police/security job again, yet so many police depts are totally fine allowing guys with bad past to work for them.

[neko_mimi]

Because they have no reason to do anything about it. The question is, why are we, as taxpayers and citizens, not holding them accountable for their actions? Because as long as they keep getting away with it, and as long as we keep forking that tax money over, they'll be content with abusing people for as long as they feel like it. That's why.

[Cape Cod Todd]

Don't they have a union that protects them kind of like how it seems that teachers get many chances and can pile up complaints before being fired.



Many Police Departments are still "old boy clubs" where they look out for and cover for each other so it does take something extreme for one of their own to be fired. The thing is no Police officer likes it when one cop gives them all a bad name so that could also be why they protect each other.



When it comes down to it being a cop is a townie job and once in it is hard to get one out like working with the DPW, the fire dept or even the town hall.

[Harry Hemi]

Originally Posted by Msgenerse

Think how often you hear about a cop who did something horrible yet looking back there are many complaints/violations in their past. Why is this allowed? Considering what power they're given any cop that has one violation should immediately be fired and never allowed to work any kind of police/security job again, yet so many police depts are totally fine allowing guys with bad past to work for them.

It depends on who the complainants complain to.
If you submit a complaint to only the police department, its likely to get thrown out.
The DA and city council needs to know how the cop was acting for any kind of real action to happen. The supervisors can only do so much, until the union gets involved. IF the union has a hold on the mayor, corruption can go deep.

Think about it this way, you know why cops dont hassle rich people? Because they make it a point to contact the people high up anytime they feel their entitlement is disturbed. So picture a beat cop getting yelled at because someone important yelled at the chief. Thats how you have to complain at cops.
If they pull you over and start trying to interrogate you, you complain to the city council that cops are trying to manufacture arrests out of nothing. Thats how its done.
But it doesnt get done like this for non-rich people because they dont want to take the time to get to the right people.

You also have to think of it like this. If they treat you bad, they likely treat everyone bad, and could be one complaint away from a firing.
Thats why I record every stop with police. And I dont antagonize them, they usually do it themselves. It will likely not be a problem, but I have the behavior on recording just in case. And they can compare it to the body cam.

[sirtiger]

To be fair, the accused have a lot of incentive to lie and complain to get out of the ticket/crime.

[MJJersey]

They are going to get complaints filed against them by the nature of their job. Departments should look at outliers based on the type of work a cop does and his tenure compared with other similarly situated cops.

[LordSquidworth]

Because petty people complain just to complain.