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Police Union Slashes Number of ‘Get Out of Jail Free’ Cards Issued

posted by martyb on Tuesday January 23 2018, @12:58PM   Printer-friendly
from the equal-treatment-under-the-law? dept.

n1 writes:

[City of New York] Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association boss Pat Lynch slashed the maximum number of cards that could be issued to current cops from 30 to 20, and to retirees from 20 to 10, sources told The Post.

The cards are often used to wiggle out of minor trouble such as speeding tickets, the theory being that presenting one suggests you know someone in the NYPD.

The rank and file is livid.

“They are treating active members like s–t, and retired members even worse than s–t,” griped an NYPD cop who retired on disability. “All the cops I spoke to were . . . very disappointed they couldn’t hand them out as Christmas gifts.”

Source: NYPost

The cards, issued for various states and agencies -- such as the DEA -- are available for purchase on eBay for around $100.

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  • (Score: 1, Flamebait) by Entropy on Tuesday January 23 2018, @04:19PM (4 children)

    by Entropy (4228) on Tuesday January 23 2018, @04:19PM (#626604)

    Well, speaking of Karma--I guess whoever victimizes your son/daughter should get a nice massage and not even be sent to jail? I'd hate for poor, poor criminals to actually get roughed up for raping someone.

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  • (Score: 2, Informative) by khallow on Tuesday January 23 2018, @04:59PM

    by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday January 23 2018, @04:59PM (#626623) Journal
    Particularly, when those criminals happen to be police officers [cnn.com]. Would be quite the shame.

  • (Score: 5, Insightful) by tibman on Tuesday January 23 2018, @05:31PM (1 child)

    by tibman (134) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday January 23 2018, @05:31PM (#626651)

    Dumb. Just arrest and jail so that the courts can decide on the punishment. It's not the job of the police to handle punishment for legitimate reasons. They should just do their damn job and be professional about it.

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    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 23 2018, @10:32PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 23 2018, @10:32PM (#626809)

      [Cops] should just do their damn job and be professional about it.

      That's nice in theory, but... Stanford. Prison. Experiment. [wikipedia.org]

  • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 23 2018, @06:43PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 23 2018, @06:43PM (#626686)

    The courts handle punishment. You also seem to be assuming that that anyone arrested by a cop is a criminal, or that if they are a criminal, then surely they must have victimized someone. Neither is true. Regarding the latter, we have countless unjust laws that create victimless crimes, such as the war on drugs.