The Washington Post reported on the 9th that the U.S. paid between 40,000 and $320 million in damages over the past 10 years for repeated illegal acts of investigative police.
The WP said the city of Detroit paid $87,500 in the city's budget for an illegal search in which the city of Detroit presented a warrant for a neighbor's address after a 2014 raid, and the victim charged an unindicted police officer several months later for gross negligence and civil rights violations. reported that he did not acknowledge it.
The forced search victim named and sued the search warrant officer and five other officers who raided his home, but the police were not charged after the city paid $87,500 in damages, including damage to the house.
The WP reported that search-warrant officers paid more than $665,000 to individuals claiming to be illegally arrested for excessive use of force and illegally arrested by officers in the settlement of ten police work-related claims between 2010 and 2020.
The WP investigation collected from public records filed with the finance and police departments of each city and county and excluded cases under $1,000, but said more than 1,200 officers of the police sheriff's department investigated were subject to at least five payments.
"Suspected repeatable misconduct is a hidden cost," the WP said.
The WP continued, “In some cities, officers who have been repeatedly nominated for misconduct represent a much higher proportion of police officers,” the WP continued. accounted for more than $80 million.”
The WP said Democrat Senator Tim Cain and Representative Don Beyer have urged the passage of the 2021 Cost of Police Misconduct Act, which would allow federal state and local law enforcement agencies to charge police with misconduct. and court costs, related judgments and settlements must be reported to the Ministry of Justice.
Two Democrats said the goal of the Cost of Police Misconduct Act is to "increase transparency and accountability and save taxpayer taxes and potential lives."