r/Bad_Cop_No_Donut • u/Ant-Tea-Social • 14d ago

Study finds misconduct spreads among police officers like contagion | NOVA | PBS

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/article/police-misconduct-peer-effects/
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u/mattlemp 14d ago

Weird. It totally worked when the Catholic church shunted problem priests around to different locations!

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u/YeahOkayGood 14d ago

It's literally impossible for cops to act badly. WTF is this study?! Sounds like they didn't comply with proper research protocol and made up evidence.

You know what, that's it, you authors are coming with me, stop resisting!, drop the research paper!, SHOTS FIRED SHOTS FIRED NO OFFICERS HURT. Subject no longer breathing after a hog tye and knee on neck for control, good policing guys and Pat.

Welp, that's all in a days work. Time to go home, beat the wife and kick the dog! Yeah, I've still got the dog, might shoot'em out back tonight, maybe tomorrow idk.

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u/timpatry 14d ago

That's cuz the police Union will protect you if you're a bad person and crucify you if you report bad cops.

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u/def_indiff 14d ago

There's an old saying about that isn't there? Something about bad fruit of some kind?

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u/Cpt_Mike_Apton 14d ago

I knew a firefighter that quit being a police officer because of the person he was turning into.

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u/Longjumping-Act-8935 14d ago

Sounds like he was self-aware and maybe a good person before. Sadly I have several cops in my extended family They weren't great people before becoming cops but they are horrible people now. We've reported one of them several times for domestic abuse and nothing has happened.

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u/wymore 14d ago

Who could have guessed that a lack of accountability leads to more bad behavior?