Just one month into the year, the city already has run through well over half of the $82 million that Mayor Brandon Johnson set aside for 2025 to cover police misconduct settlements and judgments. And more than 220 lawsuits are still pending for just three ex-cops.
There could be an unexpected consequence of shifting the financial burden from “the department” to each individual officer. When you’re paying for your insurance, you might feel more entitled to “use it.” Brains don’t always make logical judgments.
I’m totally fine with that because its bad cop behavior. If a bad cop plans to “use” his insurance, they’ll quickly learn that the consequences are higher premiums coming directly out of the bad cop’s pocket. If they don’t learn the first time and keep “using” the insurance, in short order they won’t be able to afford their insurance and they will no longer be cops.
Yeah its like im paying for insurance on this car. If I don’t crash it once in awhile im just being a sucker. I need to throw rocks at my own house. No one gets incentivized to raise their insurance rates. I mean I get dumb but this is one thing even the lizard brain gets.
There could be an unexpected consequence of shifting the financial burden from “the department” to each individual officer. When you’re paying for your insurance, you might feel more entitled to “use it.” Brains don’t always make logical judgments.
The bad officers probably
I’m totally fine with that because its bad cop behavior. If a bad cop plans to “use” his insurance, they’ll quickly learn that the consequences are higher premiums coming directly out of the bad cop’s pocket. If they don’t learn the first time and keep “using” the insurance, in short order they won’t be able to afford their insurance and they will no longer be cops.
Yeah its like im paying for insurance on this car. If I don’t crash it once in awhile im just being a sucker. I need to throw rocks at my own house. No one gets incentivized to raise their insurance rates. I mean I get dumb but this is one thing even the lizard brain gets.