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Officers of the law in Connecticut may soon have a strong incentive to tolerate citizens filming them—financial liability. Police typically work under the condition of "qualified immunity," which protects them from liability when they screw up and say arrest a person for filming them. This deflects the legal costs (lawyer fees, settlements, etc) from the officer himself onto the city or department for which he works—the publicly-funded city or department for which he works. And, regardless of the outcome, it's taxpayers' wallets that are on the line. Well, Sen. Eric Coleman (D-Bloomfield) is having no more of it. He's sponsored a bill that will hold individual officers liable if they violate a citizen's First Amendment rights in the fairly-specific set of circumstances surrounding filming on-duty police.
I don't know what to make of you sometimes.
As a Sgt. I am ready to retire in the next few years and to tell you the truth I am not pleased with the way the profession is going
Originally posted by Domo1
reply to post by BioSafe
As a Sgt. I am ready to retire in the next few years and to tell you the truth I am not pleased with the way the profession is going
What are your main concerns? I've had very positive experiences with law enforcement for the most part. I get pulled over a lot. Used to deal with the police fairly regularly at my old job. Do you think it's the department? The area? The times? I've become increasingly critical of Tazer use, though I am a big fan of the tool in the correct hands. I think you should do a thread on what you have seen, and what you find problematic with the profession now. I for one would love to read it. I'm sure many others here would be very interested as well.
I will give it some thought and will create a thread later. I don't want to take away from your thread..
Originally posted by Domo1
reply to post by BioSafe
I will give it some thought and will create a thread later. I don't want to take away from your thread..
I really hope you do. I think you could write a wonderful thread that would highlight the good of police officers, point out some misconceptions, and also point out some wrongs. I believe a thread like that would be well received here. Screw my thread, I'm far more interested in you starting an honest discussion about your career, and where you think the profession is headed.