Comments on: Law enforcement for profit roundup https://www.overlawyered.com/2015/07/law-enforcement-for-profit-roundup-2/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Sat, 15 Aug 2015 14:45:04 +0000 hourly 1 By: Arizona cops vs. Rhonda Cox's truck - Overlawyered https://www.overlawyered.com/2015/07/law-enforcement-for-profit-roundup-2/comment-page-1/#comment-326799 Sat, 15 Aug 2015 14:45:04 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=54404#comment-326799 […] talks with attorney J. Cabou about the legal fight over Arizona’s civil asset forfeiture law, which authorizes “one-way” fees to be made available to prevailing law enforcement, but not to prevailing citizens. Note, by the […]

]]> By: rxc https://www.overlawyered.com/2015/07/law-enforcement-for-profit-roundup-2/comment-page-1/#comment-326130 Mon, 27 Jul 2015 12:48:04 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=54404#comment-326130 If the police think that they can use the proceeds from their activities to feather their nests, then I think it would only be fair to impose the costs of their misbehavior on them directly. I would propose that any fines or judgements imposed on the police (and maybe even all the legal costs of their defense) as a result of their official misbehavior should come out of the pension funds of the entire police unit where the misbehavior occurred. The citizenry should not have to pay for the misbehavior of its employees – the miscreants should be responsible. After all, that is what the police do when they catch criminals or people they think might possibly be criminals.

Maybe some peer pressure from retired cops who see their pensions drop will induce a sense of responsibility in the cops on the force.

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