this is yet another reason that police unions are a disaster that must be dismantled - they have built for themselves a structure that financially incentivizes pain and suffering and oppression in the name of endless overtime pay
Q: Aren't large-scale raids at 2 AM more difficult, dangerous and frightening, carry totalitarian overtones, and harder for the media and legal representatives to cover?
NYPD, smiling, nodding: And don't forget the overtime.
If they're like Portland cops, they'll see a wave of retirements at the end of this year, because your retirement pension is based on the amount you made the last year you worked. So if you can find an excuse to run up a lot of expensive overtime, retirement becomes a sweet cash-out option.
It's a gang! They have colors, they threaten and intimidate, the shake people down for money, drugs, whatever they can take, and don't even have to provide a reason.
