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DaoFerret t1_j17iw7a wrote

Reply to comment by TheSecularGlass in After Arrest of 7 Cops, LAPD Reminds Its Own Officers Not to Drink and Drive by Exastiken

If only they needed state licensing to be cops, like so many other professions.

Maybe include minimum continuing Ed requirements, possibly even some ethics requirements.

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OreoDad22 t1_j18hv7m wrote

I thin he meant take their driver's license away. Can't be a cop ifyou can't make it to work.

Edit: sp

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DoomBot5 t1_j19vzb7 wrote

Yeah you can. It's called driving to work without a license and being on desk duty. That's with full pay of course

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OreoDad22 t1_j19wp85 wrote

Fair. It's not like these guys need to follow the rules or anything.

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thegreatgazoo t1_j18rkv0 wrote

Most states have methods to decertify officers. California and New York (per Wikipedia) are some of the few states who don't have that option.

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DaoFerret t1_j17n6js wrote

While I am sure individual departments (even state departments) may have continuing eval/education requirements, so far as I am aware, no state in the US requires a state-wide licenses, with state mandated requirements for all licensed Police Officers in the state to maintain their license (unlike Doctors, Nurses, Lawyers, Accountants or even Real Estate Agents).

I would be happy to be proven wrong if someone can point me to a link that specifies otherwise though.

Edit: seems the OP decided to delete their post that a state could decertify a LEO, and that minimum continuing requirements already existed, instead of providing some links supporting their claim.

I decided to look a bit and found this: https://www.ncsl.org/research/civil-and-criminal-justice/decertification.aspx it looks like in a small minority of states there is some possibility of being able to decertify a LEO, but I have not gone through and looked at how involved (or lasting) that process is.

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