“Gypsy cops” are bad cops who are able to stay in police work, and continue abusing citizens, by moving from one department to another. Reform advocates trying to reduce police abuse want to force these repeat-offender cops out of police work permanently. For example, the Justice Department is planning to launch a nationwide database to track decertified police officers. Roger Goldman, a law professor and expert on police licensing, supports such a database. But there’s a problem. “There is tremendous opposition by police unions to have any kind of reform,” Goldman says. Read story here.
U.S. crime rates have dropped. Yet Trump says we need more “law and order.” And brags about his endorsements from police unions. Wanna guess what will happen to police reform if he becomes president and appoints the attorney general?
Photo: Ex-police chief Russell Bertram is led away after being convicted of murdering his fiancee.