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Re:California law enforcement misused state databases more t... by Spooky23 on Thursday January 30, 2025 @10:28PM (#42884472)
Police unions are not really unions in the traditional sense and wield alot of influence because of the nature of the job. But they aren’t a boogeyman.

All politics is local, and the creative expression of discretion is a source of power for many different stakeholders.

The reality is that giving a mulligan to some jackass cop who fucks up has benefits to many stakeholders. Investigations involve looking at things, and sometimes you see things when you bother to look.

This type of behavior is typical in close groups of people with power… see corporate boards, Catholic Church, etc.

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Re:California law enforcement misused state databases more t... by aidenn0 on Thursday January 30, 2025 @10:58PM (#42884586)
> The reality is that giving a mulligan to some jackass cop who fucks up has benefits to many stakeholders. Investigations involve looking at things, and sometimes you see things when you bother to look.

Thanks; that paragraph sums up a lot of what I was trying to say.

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Re:California law enforcement misused state databases more t... by chaps on Friday January 31, 2025 @11:39AM (#42889174)
I think you're failing to realize just how few complaints and misconduct are actually looked into in any sort of depth. It's not that "when they look they see things". It's that misconduct happens so frequently that it's trivial to find once you start looking.

https://cpdp.co is a good site to review these sorts of questions for. Disclaimer again, though - I'm a contributor to the project.

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