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http://www.tampabays10.com/news/watercooler/article.aspx?storyid=73747
Summary: Deputy Jones of The Hillsborough Co. Sheriff's Office dumped a quadriplegic Sterner off of a wheelchair after he arrested him for a traffic violation (Sterner can drive). Apparently, deputy Jones didn't believe Sterner was a quadriplegic.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,330501,00.html
Summary: Baltimore Police Department officer Rivieri applied a headlock to a 14-year old skateboarder and pushed the other skateboarder (both boys) to ground (concrete) while berating them.
YouTube link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLYzho6Af_o
http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2008/jan/14/feds-confirm-two-cases-guards-caught-napping-y-12/
Summary: 1 private security guard at OAK RIDGE was fired for sleeping on the job and other received unpaid 30 day suspension.
Couple of interesting observation:
1. limited degree of accountability that videocam bring to government workers
2. how quickly private security guards are punished for an infraction compared to government workers (police officers, deputies in this case). It's amazing how efficiently free market operate when labor mobility is high (private security guards--easy to hire, fire) and when it's not(police officers and deputies who are past their probationary period have very high job security).
Most of the time, when agencies get sued, very little changes unlike when doctors or private agencies get sued.
--John
Summary: Deputy Jones of The Hillsborough Co. Sheriff's Office dumped a quadriplegic Sterner off of a wheelchair after he arrested him for a traffic violation (Sterner can drive). Apparently, deputy Jones didn't believe Sterner was a quadriplegic.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,330501,00.html
Summary: Baltimore Police Department officer Rivieri applied a headlock to a 14-year old skateboarder and pushed the other skateboarder (both boys) to ground (concrete) while berating them.
YouTube link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLYzho6Af_o
http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2008/jan/14/feds-confirm-two-cases-guards-caught-napping-y-12/
Summary: 1 private security guard at OAK RIDGE was fired for sleeping on the job and other received unpaid 30 day suspension.
Couple of interesting observation:
1. limited degree of accountability that videocam bring to government workers
2. how quickly private security guards are punished for an infraction compared to government workers (police officers, deputies in this case). It's amazing how efficiently free market operate when labor mobility is high (private security guards--easy to hire, fire) and when it's not(police officers and deputies who are past their probationary period have very high job security).
Most of the time, when agencies get sued, very little changes unlike when doctors or private agencies get sued.
--John