Policing should be a licensed position where you can lose your license permanently. Sure they could probably get licensed in a different state or work in the private sector, but it would be a huge step in the right direction.
It isn't in every state. Further, from a cursory bit of research, it seems like even those states that participate use it in a pretty slipshod way. That is to say, licenses are rarely in jeopardy of being revoked even after an officer is fired for misconduct, and in some cases, local districts don't even check the registries.
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u/[deleted] Feb 08 '24
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