Except it does not work that way in real life. The system is what it is. Sucks, but that’s the recourse.
If the law made cops personally liable there would be no cops. Am I happy that taxpayers get screwed? No. But if they keep electing idiot liberals that make dog shooting a priority in contact with the public, they deserve what they get.
Well then, dogs get shot, live with that real world.
No reason to then do additional wrong by getting rich unjustly.
“If the law made cops personally liable there would be no cops.”
I disagree.
If an officer is violating PD policy or the law, he is acting outside his authority & therefore, “on his own”. Whether he is shooting a dog or a child, if he is committing a crime, no uniform or badge should exempt him from criminal & civil penalties.
If that means no one wants to be a policeman (I seriously doubt that), then we are better off in a society with fewer policemen & where personal responsibility is still supreme. No one should be exempt from their deadly actions.