I'm curious.............why was it CRA's responsibility to mitigate the city's responsibility, in reference the City Pages article? Is the city faulting the CRA or should they fault the actions of the officers and the police departments' failure to discipline?
I think the problem may be that there is a fear of being ostracized for doing the right thing. I often found that it is necessary to let those you supervise know that you are disciplining the behavior and not the person. But you have to show consistency. I do not believe that is happening in the Minneapolis Police Department. The fear of losing their job is not there, because that action is rarely taken. Until then, we will continue to pay. I thought it was interesting that the Minneapolis Police Department will now charge anyone making a false report against a police officers. I thought that was the funniest article I have read to date. While I agree that this should be there as a deterrent, why isn't it the same for the police officers who lie? Cop lying has garners so much attention nationwide, that it is call "testilying." Police chiefs are standing up and calling out the liars in there Departments. Here is my question...........Who will decide that the citizen filing the complaint is lying? Will it be Internal Affairs? I hope not. Now that I have gotten that out of my system, I would like to know what CRA was suppose to do to mitigate the city's liability damages. Michelle Hill Cleveland REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[email protected] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
