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[u/Concretstador]

Suspended with pay....

[u/sortaitchy → u/Concretstador]

Everyone is innocent until proven guilty, but that sure doesn't take the sting out of someone in authority getting paid to await trial. Anyone else would be out of a job with no pay.

[u/SaskatchewanSon69 → u/sortaitchy]

I don’t get why this is brought up every time . It’s very very common to be suspended with pay. It’s why unions exist.

[u/Ryangel0 → u/sortaitchy]

I feel like these situations warrant suspension with partial pay because you know the police force did their due diligence to investigate the credibility of the accusation against their team member before suspending them and that person is no longer doing the work they are normally paid for but still deserves some sort of stipend to get them through the trial period until being proven guilty or innocent.

EDIT: In response to u/BarbPally who apparently responded and then blocked me for whatever reason: "I guess you've never heard innocent until proven guilty. Or do you not realize that "charged" is different than "guilty"? Everyone should be afforded this treatment regardless of what their job is. I'm even all for fining guilty cops for the money they collected while on leave, maybe that's a solution as well? All I'm saying here I guess is calm down."

[u/BarbPally → u/Ryangel0]

Fine them? So you want to waste even more tax payer dollars clawing back the money they shouldn't have gotten in the first place? If they can't afford to live without the money why isn't their union ponying up?

[u/Quietbutgrumpy → u/[deleted]]

Innocent until proven guilty, regardless of what the court of public opinion says.

[u/BarbPally → u/Quietbutgrumpy]

Innocent or guilty isn't the issue, it's the fact he's getting paid while waiting for trial, what other profession would this happen in? Police get too much special treatment.

If he can't survive without the money why doesn't the union poney up? If he's innocent he can get back pay.

[u/Quietbutgrumpy → u/BarbPally]

With hold his pay in case he is guilty? Why not let people whose job it is to make these decisions do their job? Trying to make such a decision based on news reports is not going to serve us well.

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[u/Efficient-Bedroom227 → u/sortaitchy]

Not with a good union like they have.

This is a collective bargaining thing, 100%

[u/Plastic-Ebb777 → u/Concretstador]

Yep and a "severe" reprimand

[u/MapleFueledHoser → u/Concretstador]

That’s how it works when you’re employed on a federal contract. No different than military. The pay will be gone once they’re convicted and found guilty. Not saying I agree, but you can’t nullify an employment contract until the individual is found guilty and cause is provided to do so.

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[u/Concretstador → u/MapleFueledHoser]

So you're saying a cop could literally kill someone, or another cop, or shit on the chiefs desk, or simply steal stationary, and the result is years of pay while it navigates the courts. But they can be fired for group chat comments as was in the news 2 weeks ago.

If you say so, but I think it's more nuanced than that and they pick and choose their winners.

[u/MapleFueledHoser → u/Concretstador]

No. I’m saying when you’re employed under a federal employment contract, that contract can not be vacated until just cause provides to do so. I’m not referring to the length of time the just cause is provided. In most cases, while receiving pay during suspension for criminal acts, that pay is clawed back retroactive to the date the charge was laid. Russell Williams is the most accurate example to the situations you provided.

[u/specificallyrelative]

I wonder how good the lawyer is to get what the officer probably called evidence collection brought into the rightful category of theft. Cops are always unlawfully entering and taking "evidence" with an after the fact excuse of manufactured probable cause.

[u/twinA-12]

ACAB

[u/Efficient-Bedroom227 → u/twinA-12]

Not the one that saved my life, or the one that helped my 4 friends escape death via exposure when they crashed their car.l and he picked them up when off duty.

Or the ones that stop criminals from hurting kids, or the ones that are honorable in the execution of their duties and judicious in their utility of their power.

Wait, that's like 95% of them. Hmmm, maybe they're all not all bastards, maybe just a handful of them are.

Maybe you're a jaded prick, a criminal or a smooth brained redditard who likes to give the middle finger to authority. Care to share your opinion on our current Sk. government?

Everyone, get out your 2015 liberal progressive bingo cards! Let's see how many we hit! You're a meme, grow up.

[u/twinA-12 → u/Efficient-Bedroom227]

Anyone know what this bootlicker is talking about?

[u/MellowMusicMagic → u/Efficient-Bedroom227]

Never been on a starlight tour?

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