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Originally Posted by Locke
Here is the thing, I understand the need and benefits of Unions, but they've far outgrown their purview and mandates and effectively become mafias.
We dont want Police officers being constantly thrown under the bus after every incident or controversy but we dont want them to be immune either.
And lets not pretend otherwise. The protection offered to Police under their Unions and CBAs is effectively immunity. They are genuinely 'Above the Law' and it took an entire country rioting to get a murdering Police officer charged.
There has to be balance and at the moment there isnt.
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There is very like a need for a police union. They are a specialized profession that have genuine, legitimate, collective interests. It's also a profession where legal help is often needed even if you did nothing wrong, and it's really difficult to get competent legal help without a union, if your salary is that of a police officer.
Even if you disbanded the current unions (which is an extremely problematic idea on a general level, even if it is easy to agree there are problematic unions), the police would likely just unionize again, with much of the same people in charge.
If I was on the Minneapolis city council, I would strongly push for their new law enforcement force (what ever they decide to call it) to start their own new union, and hope that over time that new union gains enough traction to eventually replace the old one(s).