Such total scumbaggery that practice.
Turn the tables on this and think of the repercussion if it were a civilian who hit the cop on his bike. I don’t think their cushion would be as soft.
The list of infractions alone and the repercussions on a civilian’s ability to purchase automotive insurance would be many thousands of dollars for three or so years. Minimum.
Let alone what it would do to a commercial driver’s license, and a real threat of job loss, which essentially is what cops are doing ... driving commercially.
The difference in liability and real costs between a cop doing this and a so-called regular citizen, in laws that were approved by no one except politicians, is hideous.
The insurance company of a regular citizen would be handing that guy an enormous check to make the whole thing go away with a signed statement that the person who got hit agrees to not pursue it further.
That guy will be in for months of fighting just to get his bike replaced.
But hey, they gave a Deputy Sheriff near here who was facing child porn charges took a plea deal that resulted in probation only and no jail time today. He was sharing his “art” on a so-called “dark web” website.
Personally, I think hanging him in the public square is too good for him. And the DA who made the deal, too.
Not held to the same standard and certainly not held to a higher one.
Designed that way by politicians to keep the job underpaid. If one had to properly insure oneself for professional liability while carrying a badge and gun, the job would pay as much as a physician and insurance would require similar years of training to hold the job.
