re: #628 dmon

Rogue,
If they can prove Police misconduct those individuals should be fired. In your posts you stated that the unions prevented firings. But in each of these cases the firing was overturned by an arbitrator or a judge.

I think many would agree, including myself, that it is often way to hard to fire a public employee, my stance is that the difficulty comes from labor law and civil service rules, and that the unions do not have th power to prevent a firing

The FOP puts the officers employment over the civil rights of the citizenry. They’re part of the problem.

Philadelphia:
articles.philly.com

Philadelphia police officers fired for major violations of departmental rules have sometimes been reinstated by arbitrators who would not act without a conviction in criminal court, according to a review of 42 cases reached over the last decade.

The cases involve officers disciplined by the department for drunken driving, assault, insubordination, and other infractions. Punishment sought by police supervisors ranged from a day’s suspension to termination.

The decisions by arbitrators, released by Common Pleas Court on Thursday, shed light on the police union grievance system, a process long hidden from public view.

Eventually, if I post enough links, people might start connecting the dots.