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Originally Posted by RabidRat
This police officer's shown criminal lack of judgement and probable psychological problems. For the safety of the public he should definitely be terminated, effectively immediately. And to think he's currently armed with a deadly weapon. Jesus.
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The video captures a single moment in a single day of the career of this officer. Whether the moment genuinely reflects the nature (and ongoing behaviours) of that officer's career is unclear. Suggesting that the officer be terminated based on this clip then seems iniquitous.
if the actions are inappropriate (as determined by the VPD board, city and, if the individual retains a lawyer, the court) and are part of a bigger quilt of similar and equally inappropriate behaviours then certainly the officer should be exposed to the penalties inscribed within law to curtail such conduct.
Based on what I see here it's disingenuous to terminate the officer and doing so would leave a costly vacancy in the VPD ranks. If the appropriate step is to terminate (which I don't believe it is) that's for the VPD/city/courts to determine and the individual in the video is fully entitled to pursue his legal options and not for a second would I discourage him from doing so.
I'm certainly not a blind supporter of law enforcement but based on what i know of their daily experiences and some of the things that they are exposed to on a daily/weekly basis I am more inclined to give them the benefit of the doubt. That said - the individual in this video has every opportunity now to pursue his legal rights and I certainly hope that he does because the VPD board/city/courts will ultimately make clear whether the behaviours in the video are compliant.