• _danny@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    On paper it makes sense. In practice it’s a way for them to act like something was done when in reality they’re given a paid vacation.

    The largest part of the problem is how loyal they are to each other. If a teacher gets fired for misconduct, it’s exponentially harder to get another job as a teacher. Even if it’s in an entirely different state… Where a cop can go to the next precinct and get a desk job without much hassle.

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      1 year ago

      Exactly why I brought up blackballing! Again, I’m pretty sure that’s illegal, but fuck else can we do?

      EDIT: Took a poke at looking up blackballing/blacklisting. tl;dr: Depends on the state (US).

      Maybe it doesn’t have to be a “do not hire” list and more of a publicly available “here are the facts of this officer’s departmental separation”?

      When a given cop gets hired again and causes more trouble, we’d had a voice to say, “And you (hiring dept.) already knew about this?!”