• Spacehooks@reddthat.com
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    17 days ago

    Later, Shinnick said he acted against the police department over some comments that officers made on social media. A police sergeant maintained the matter involved a complaint officers had raised about Shinnick’s wife, Pam, who had served as the town’s clerk before being fired in January.

    The local news outlet WTVC reported that Pam Shinnick had grappled with accusations of fostering a hostile work environment. A formal complaint also purported that she retained access to payroll systems and other sensitive data – including officers’ personal information – despite her firing.

    Wow what a douch.

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      Goddam USA is a shitty country. A City having it’s own police paid by the city, is the perfect recipe for corruption.
      Wake the fuck up Americans, your society requires a serious overhaul from top to bottom.

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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 It’s outdated - by centuries

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          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 It’s outdated - by centuries

          Can you elaborate here? What makes case law outdated and what drawbacks does it have, in your opinion?

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          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