99 Problems
2020-08-22 00:41:05.999653+02 by Dan Lyke 0 comments
More indications that the problems with policing are systemic: Pittsburgh City Paper: 99 Problems: Run-in with Jordan Miles wasn't first controversial incident for three 99-car cops — "Unless the police brass begins punishing violators, the department will never be brought under control."
These incidents are important on their own, but also point to systemic concerns about how officers are disciplined. Why were officers who had been criticized for using illegal search practices allowed to patrol in undercover units with less supervision, eventually engaging Miles in one of the most high-profile confrontations with the public in recent years? Were they properly disciplined or retrained when supervisors and citizens raised concerns? Did the discipline escalate?
The city would not make police officials available to comment on those lines of inquiry, but Bryan Campbell, a lawyer for the Pittsburgh police union, says Sisak, Saldutte and Ewing "were believed to be good, proactive officers."