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What does it take to get a bad cop fired in civil service cities?

What in God's name does it take to get a bad cop fired in towns where arbitrators can trump police management decisions?Do you remember the case in San Marcos a couple of years back when the police officer pulled over a couple rushing their dog to the emergency vet and let the animal die while he kept them there on the side of the road, telling them, "It's a dog, okay ... You can get another one"? Well, last year the same cop was fired over a separate incident where the department found he had violated its use of force policy by using his baton against a woman who wasn't threatening him (according to dashcam video of the incident) and then lying to internal affairs investigators. But an arbitrator out of Houston last month gave the guy his job back and awarded him back pay...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on July 14, 2010 (boomark / email).