OK. The world has heard the people. Now what?
Now we act where it hits them in their bad apples areas…
Will you help me petition and lobby government lawmakers to establish and mandate reporting of misconduct/ fines/ legal payments for rights violations through a National Law Enforcement Agent Data Bank?
The data base will operate on similar standards as the National Practitioner Data Bank for health care professionals.
Like good doctors, I think good cops would want a similar data base, because it shows professionals who are problematic to the industry.
Trustees and HR in health care facilities must check the NPDB before granting practice privileges. Failure to utilize the NPDB and other credentialing associations before granting privileges can result in a facility and the Board of Trustees being held legally responsible for a medical professional’s malpractice.
There should have been a similar data bank long ago with standards that hold a law enforcement agency legally responsible for hiring a problematic officer. That is one solid way to allow police to “police” themselves.
I also want a Law Enforcement and Justice Quality Improvement Act that requires agencies to get feedback from those it interacts with and to use the information from those surveys to improve law enforcement and court services.
As a former DV victim, any surveys that I would have been able to complete would have shed light on problems in my local agencies. (The local cops can be terrible to victims.) Heck, I’d like to see these types of surveys for the DA and SA professionals as well. Same with any practicing attorney. Let’s raise the roof on the justice system racket.
If the health care system can do this, so can the legal system.