Re:Publishing thousands of police discipline records that Ne...
by dencodev on Sunday July 26, 2020 @06:54PM
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I agree with you but I also think there's a problem with police in unions. I find it unethical, and it's clearly not working, for a government entity approved to inflict violence on a population to organize and ensure the violence can happen without any accountability. The government needs complete and total control over police to fire and discipline them as needed when they're literally murdering people. It is not reasonable to allow a group of citizens the ability the deny basic law enforcement over union disputes.
The problem is that in addition to representing the line workers, the union also manages the entire department. It controls everything except setting the department's budget.
It would be like the C-executives of GM being part of the United Auto Workers union. There would be zero accountability for anyone, and the interests of the shareholders would not be represented well.
Unions must exist in an adversarial relationship with management - it keeps all parties honest. If the union takes over management, you get a disaster.