California’s police standards commission is bracing to decertify or suspend 3,000 to 3,500 police officers each year for serious misconduct under a new state law, according to estimates from the commission.

The estimates suggest the police officers engaging in serious misconduct in any given year could represent a significant percentage of the roughly 90,000 officers working in California, although some may already be fired or retired by the time the commission moves to strip them of their certification.

  • GoatTnder@lemmy.one
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    1 year ago

    These cops are ones who have been confirmed “using excessive force, committing sexual assault, displaying bias and participating in a law enforcement gang.” I don’t have a single problem with this at all. But the prevalence is dismaying (if not too surprising).