“I totally diagree with your assertion that there would be far fewer police if they were held responsible for their illegal actions. What there would be is fewer “shoot first & ask questions later” police.”
I fail to understand how placing the responsibility on the shoulder of the cops while absolving/ignoring or minimizing their superiors policies will result in anything but mass migration to another area of employment.
That is an easy way to get full dictator type policies at the top of the food chain IMO. When a cop does stuff like this, his superiors have to be accountable as well. Moreso because they are responsible for having such a cop under them. By policy or by dereliction of duty.
A good cop will get totally screwed.
There’s no longer such a thing as a ‘good cop’, Norm.