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"A Utah police officer [Jeff Payne] who was caught on video roughly handcuffing a nurse because she refused to allow a blood draw was fired Tuesday in a case that became a flashpoint in the ongoing national conversation about police use of force."
Salt Lake City Police Chief Mike Brown made the decision after an internal investigation found evidence Detective Jeff Payne violated department policies when he arrested nurse Alex Wubbels and dragged her out of the hospital as she screamed on July 26, said Sgt. Brandon Shearer, a spokesman for the department.
Attorney Greg Skordas has said Payne served the department well for nearly three decades and questioned whether his behavior warranted termination. He couldn't immediately be reached for comment Tuesday.
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(Score: 2) by Grishnakh on Thursday October 12 2017, @04:02AM (1 child)
I think it's department-by-department. I think there's good cops out there, but they're in departments that are relatively well-run, and everyone there is pretty good. The bad cops don't last there. Then there's departments (and there's lots of them) where there's plenty of bad cops, and plenty more cops who cover for them and are bad by extension, and most importantly, the leadership is bad because they're complicit. In those departments, the good cops don't last.
Human organizations tend to be like this: it's not just "a few bad apples". With real apples, a few bad ones will spoil the whole bunch--that's the rest of the saying that everyone keeps omitting for some reason. It works that way with humans too: like attracts like, so shitty/corrupt leadership eventually results in shitty/corrupt underlings.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 12 2017, @05:57AM