For John, BLUF: People respond to incentives and if we make policing riskier, we will see police pulling back from policiing activities. Nothing to see here; just move along.
From Ethics Alarms, by Blogger Jack Marshall, 11 April 2021.
Here is the lede plus two:
I know this is the second appearance today of James Donald’s anguished coda at the end of “The Bridge Over The River Kwai,” but he arrives when it is appropriate.Actions that appear to withdraw legal protections from Law Enforcement Officers will tend to make law enforcement officers more cautious. Perhaps not at first, but quickly as these new laws take effect. This, in turn, will result in less policing.Maryland’s Democrat-controlled legislature moved yesterday to pass a “police reform package “that includes the repeal of the state’s Law Enforcement Officers Bill of Rights (LEOBOR), overriding Republican Gov. Larry Hogan’s veto to do it.
The state’s police Bill of Rights covered due process for officers accused of misconduct. You can read it here: I have. I would call it a not especially radical or permissive document, and its provisions simple codify basic due process rights. I view this move by the legislature as primarily symbolic, a virtue-signaling gesture of support for the individuals who break laws and against those who enforce them.
This, in turn, will result in increases in crime. The question is, will citizens intervene? That could, in turn, result in more mayhem. My youngest Son argues that the purpose of the police is to protect the sespected perp from irate Citizens. That is not an unreasonable police function. I heard someone say today that someone will control the streets. In the United States we like to think it is Law Enforcement. In much of Mexico it is the Criminal Cartels. That said, in some parts of Mexico the People are pushing back. Will we see that here?
Regards — Cliff
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