Cleveland Fires 6 Officers Involved In Deadly 2012 Police Chase

originally posted by: Benevolent Heretic
In any case, 2 more unarmed black people dead and 6 murdering cops alive and unpunished, who may not even lose their jobs. It's a story that has been repeated time and time again...

Certainly can't argue with that... So at the least, this situation certainly doesn't help the perception of police's attitudes towards the black community.

Not that I would really have ever found occasion to visit a rusty cesspool like Cleveland....but if I ever would have, i'd certainly scratch those plans.

Its so terrible that it rises to the level of making their entire force a laughing stock of morons and idiots.

Since the justice system is so corrupt, why not start a police offenders registry?

A Google search using the words police offenders registry turns up 732,000 results on sex offenders but only one result on police offenders, WTH...

Like the below quote says, LEO's found unfit for duty in one jurisdiction shouldn't be employed in another.

If one of these criminals goes back to work in my city, I sure would like to know about it...

EDIT: This search turns up much better results, changing up some of the words will probably turn up even a lot more...

There's a moral obligation to keep bad cops off the streets. There are other ways to keep bad cops off the streets. The federal government, and state governments, ought to create and encourage the use of a police offender registry list. Such a list would register individuals who while employed as law enforcement officers were found unfit for duty or faced serious disciplinary issues they may have resigned to avoid. Just as any other component of comprehensive police reform, this won't eliminate excessive police violence, but it's a start.

But it doesn't stop them from finding jobs elsewhere. Richard Combs, who was the sheriff and only cop in Eutawville, South Carolina, is now facing a murder charge for shooting a resident after an argument at Town Hall, but Combs had been previously terminated from the county sheriff's office for unspecified " unsatisfactory performance." In Cleveland, Ohio, the cop who shot 12-year-old Tamir Rice, mistaking the boy's toy gun for a real one, had been previously found too emotionally unstable and unfit to carry a firearm for law enforcement. In Georgia, the cop who shot and killed 17-year-old Christopher Roupe after the teen opened the door to his home holding a Wii controller, had been previously fired for multiple disciplinary problems including shooting at an unarmed person. Then there's guys like " Florida's worst cop."

This is just a sampling of stories that received enough local attention to gain some prominence. The situation is unconscionable. Police found unfit for duty in one jurisdiction shouldn't be employed in another. Cops who resign to avoid disciplinary charges shouldn't slither their way into another department. Cops who cost taxpayers millions in lawsuit settlements shouldn't be able to expose taxpayers in other places to the same risk.

Time for a Police Offenders Registry

Another reason for a Police Officers Registry... Let us quickly recount the glorious career of German Bosque, Florida's worst cop. He was arrested three times and fired five times. He was probed more than 40 times by internal affairs, including 16 cases involving serious battery and excessive force. He tried to board an airplane with a loaded gun, got caught with coke and counterfeit cash in his police car, was charged with domestic violence, lied to his bosses, and made up police reports. And through it all, he kept his job and avoided serious trouble. Until now! The Opa-locka sergeant was convicted last night of felony false imprisonment and witness tampering for assaulting a local youth counselor.

Time for a Police Offenders Registry

With nearly half its police force made up of officers with extensive and serious disciplinary histories in other departments, Jonestown is a dramatic example of the state’s troubled efforts to control the phenomenon known among police as gypsy cops. Despite a number of efforts by regulators to restrict the practice, Texas police officers with histories of misconduct often move easily from department to department.

After reports that some Jonestown police officers were hired despite past misconduct, investigative reporters Eric Dexheimer and Tony Plohetski wanted to know why. They found that it’s harder to revoke a peace officer’s license than that of a teacher or a nurse, and that some police officials are less than truthful when filing paperwork designed to prevent police with poor work histories from moving from job to job.

Town’s police force highlights struggle to track cops with a with a history

Colorado laws allow rogue officers to stay in law enforcement