~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SANDY SANDFORT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C'punks, Michael Crawford wrote: ... individual cops can rack up millions of dollars in legal settlement costs and still remain on the force. I heard ... that a small handfull of cops in San Francisco had cost the City tens of millions, with individual cops repeatedly causing lawsuits, without getting fired. True, but that's without embarrassing videotapes. The clueless populace doesn't stay clueless for long when they seen the police "blooper" tapes. Police unions won't have much clout compared to an enraged public. ... at least one cop wouldn't go for it - the cop we caught jacking off to a magazine of ill repute... Gives whole new meanings to "night stick," "the long arm of the law," "stop and frisk," "pat down," "pounding a beat" and going to the "policeman's ball." (Anyone else want to jump in on this one?) S a n d y ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~