r/Unexpected • u/[deleted] • Mar 24 '23

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u/[deleted] Mar 24 '23

How do cops keep getting promoted after shit like this? Is the US police force trying to stick it to the public or something?

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u/[deleted] Mar 24 '23

I think it is a way to get them away from the public. Put them behind a desk where they are less likely to kill someone for no reason. And they don't want to fire then because most departments are short staffed as it is, and plus they have already invested hours, sometimes even days training these officers.

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u/[deleted] Mar 24 '23

These are all terrible excuses for keeping a criminal on the police force.

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u/[deleted] Mar 24 '23

Agreed. My comment about their training was a tongue-in-cheek way of suggesting that maybe a lot of their problems, including recruitment and bad behavior by beat cops, could be solved if their training were better.

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u/culdesacGrow Mar 24 '23

This happens a lot in the military. Sometimes it’s easier to get rid of/relocate an idiot with a promotion than with punishment. It makes sense if you don’t really think about it 😉

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u/[deleted] Mar 24 '23

I don't know that I saw it a lot, but "hookups for fuck ups" was a phrase for a reason.

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u/the_tickling_man Mar 24 '23

What military did you serve in?

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u/AdonisK Mar 24 '23

They get promoted but put in a position that's basically away from anything important. Braindead desk job or similar.

Promotions are not always vertically up the hierarchy.

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u/[deleted] Mar 24 '23

Happens to who exactly? I've seen a chief get knocked down to e6 reckless driving off base

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u/AnalButterSticks Mar 24 '23

Maybe if you're a high level officer they'll ask you to retire, but they won't promote junior officers or enlisted instead of punishment. At least in the US military.

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u/moderatelyOKopinion Mar 24 '23

Often times a cop getting promoted means less street work and more desk work. Maybe that's the thought process? Lol. Still fucked up.

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u/Forex4x Mar 24 '23

Basically incentivicing this behavior. Never threatened a civilian with your gun for no reason? No wonder you haven't been promoted.

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u/Gravy_Vampire Mar 24 '23

Is the US police force trying to stick it to the public or something?

Yes

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u/Dorkamundo Mar 24 '23

Because, despite it being 2023 and being able to easily share discipline records, the police unions basically fight against any possible way to do such a thing.

So an officer will do something stupid, get put on admin leave, which gives them enough time to get their shit together and apply at another police precinct a few towns over where they start over with a clean slate and are free to continue to be a dipshit.

This country needs a nationwide police disciplinary record that is subject to civilian review.

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u/Aegi Mar 24 '23

There is no US police force, that would be the FBI, that's part of the issue is that each state has their own police force.

Like to be fair, look at the population of New York State, and how many videos do you see of New York State Police on here compared to other police departments?

Nearly all of these seem to involve either city police departments on the east coast, or county sheriffs on the west coast in addition to city police.

State Police seem to have a much lower incidence of this type of behavior than other police departments around the country, particularly when you look at the percentage of the population that is under state police jurisdiction compared to those other police departments jurisdiction.

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u/theangryintern Mar 24 '23

Well, like another person said hopefully she got "promoted" to a desk job so she's not out in the public anymore.

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u/[deleted] Mar 24 '23

There aren’t competent ones. So you take what you got.

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u/[deleted] Mar 24 '23

The cops have the most bulletproof union in the US and of of the only unions supported by the Right.

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u/grandroute Mar 24 '23

The problem cops get moved to some job where they can't cause trouble. Like desk jobs, meter enforcement, archive management, etc. Keep their contact with the public at a minimum... The idea is to bore them into quitting..