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Re:New Mexico is the second state to ban qualified immunity by fitblipper on Thursday April 08, 2021 @01:26AM (#26735365)
Only in a very limited capacity, I guess. IMO the important result of this legislation is that it helps align the incentives of the police department with that of the public they are supposed to serve. That means a department will be more likely to reform practices and policies which would cause frequent lawsuits instead of simply instituting policies to optimize for arrests or convictions. Asset forfeiture is another police policy which places the interests of the police at odds with that of the public. In many places the assets claimed by asset forfeiture can be used to directly fund the department's budget and there is no need to charge anyone of a crime to do so.
Re:New Mexico is the second state to ban qualified immunity by unanswered on Thursday April 08, 2021 @01:50AM (#26735496)
How does spending a greater amount of other people's money incentivize a police department or any other public body?
Re:New Mexico is the second state to ban qualified immunity by vinay427 on Thursday April 08, 2021 @02:18AM (#26735657)
They already hypothesized one possibility in their comment:

> That means a department will be more likely to reform practices and policies which would cause frequent lawsuits instead of simply instituting policies to optimize for arrests or convictions.