The assumption that more police
than we might expect have in not being subject to the law even while off-duty suggests
that hiring, training, and retention practices of police departments are inadequate.
The presumption of being an ubermench and thus untouchable is dangerous
when the person can legally carry a gun. Memo to police departments in the U.S.:
please notify your employees that they are subject to local, state,
and federal laws, period. Any indication of any presumption to the
contrary subjects the culprit to termination. Unfortunately, police
departments and their respective city governments in the U.S. are far from such
enlightenment as could hold their employees accountable.
The full essay is at "Presumptuous City Employees."
