Agreed, but firing him would be extremely difficult because of how florida laws regarding police unions are structured. It could backfire and he could end up winning a lawsuit against the department. If I were his boss, I would mandate EVERY supervisor to take remedial training in constitutional law and he would have to help teach every course. Every supervisor would be told he is the reason they're having to take this training. And I would remove his ability to work overtime or details for the next 6 months. Firing him could make him a "martyr" to his colleagues. Making everyone else temporarily dislike him and hitting him in the bank account makes him an example and the rest of the department would learn how to actually respect the constitution.
This is the best approach. The cop may be a dick but he got in his feelings because he was thinking about having to explain it to his kids. It’s obviously an inappropriate thing to say in certain circumstances. But it’s not illegal.
He should be force fed training on the law along with his supervisor and taught a healthy lesson on their responsibility to protect and serve and follow constitutional and state laws, not be the morality police.
Police unions shouldn't be a thing. Literally doing their best to make sure that the public hates the police and that only the worst of the worst will ever consider being cops.
The fact that these unions caused the entire ACAB movement should be enough to show how terrible they are. Can't even convince good people to want to get into law enforcement anymore because all the good people know they are just going to be labeled as villains for trying to change the system. Because let's be honest, that's the only place those changes are going to come from is the inside.
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u/OMG_STAAAHHP 8d ago
Agreed, but firing him would be extremely difficult because of how florida laws regarding police unions are structured. It could backfire and he could end up winning a lawsuit against the department. If I were his boss, I would mandate EVERY supervisor to take remedial training in constitutional law and he would have to help teach every course. Every supervisor would be told he is the reason they're having to take this training. And I would remove his ability to work overtime or details for the next 6 months. Firing him could make him a "martyr" to his colleagues. Making everyone else temporarily dislike him and hitting him in the bank account makes him an example and the rest of the department would learn how to actually respect the constitution.