"To further illustrate the SAFE-T Act’s animus with police, lawmakers who authored the bill stepped over a sacrosanct line to allow the submission of anonymous complaints against officers. A flagrant infringement on an officer’s Sixth Amendment right, harboring, as the sponsors of the new law apparently do, a myopic prejudice against policemen, lawmakers who engineered the SAFE-T Act must believe complainants should enjoy a special sort of immunity, and officers should not have the benefit of facing their accusers."
Cops should do nothing pro active again in the city. No traffic stops or tickets, no arrests at all, advise victims to get a warrant. Take reports only. Under SAFE T the slightest misstep by a police officer such as not turning on the body cam in a very stressful situation at the right time could result in felony charges against the officer. Why risk a career, freedom, massive law suits etc to actually try and be a cop? Let the city burn, let the citizens who vote for the politicians who created this law suffer. I will have no… Read more »
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.
Cops should do nothing pro active again in the city. No traffic stops or tickets, no arrests at all, advise victims to get a warrant. Take reports only. Under SAFE T the slightest misstep by a police officer such as not turning on the body cam in a very stressful situation at the right time could result in felony charges against the officer. Why risk a career, freedom, massive law suits etc to actually try and be a cop? Let the city burn, let the citizens who vote for the politicians who created this law suffer. I will have no… Read more »