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Seems counter-productive. "Hey you're clearly miserable and not doing your job properly, so we're gonna make sure that you spend more time on the job being mis
by pgoggijr 5y ago
Seems counter-productive. "Hey you're clearly miserable and not doing your job properly, so we're gonna make sure that you spend more time on the job being miserable while doing it improperly".
- sonotathrowaway 5y agoMost officers will be placed on paid leave while they are being investigated for whatever crime they’re accused of. So it’s more like they have their vacation time adjusted to reflect their mandatory vacation.
- kleiba 5y agoFrom an employer's perspective, this is fine because you don't want to lose more paid work hours without any return. From the employee's perspective, it's a different story of course. The point of vacation is that you can recuperate from work stress and get some energy back, so that you stay healthy and can deliver good work. I doubt very much that this goal can be reached when the reason for your time off work is that you're under investigation. For instance, I don't expect most cops to fly to Vegas to party during such a time.
- _jal 5y agoThis is just actual 'unlimited vacation'. Instead of a being a doublespeak name for eliminating vacation time, they actually can take time off at will. Just find someone powerless to take your frustrations out on, sign the union form and pack for the beach.
- Ar-Curunir 5y agoI don’t think most cops “are miserable”. They’re in that position because they enjoy being in power.
- Judgmentality 5y agoMost megalomaniacs I know aren't particularly happy people. I don't think the sudden outbursts of rage that we've come to know from cops are because they're zen inside.
- codyb 5y agoThe officer at the polling place I worked Tuesday in Brownsville NYC went out and bought everyone cold water cause the community center was so hot. That was nice of her. I think a lot of the NYPD are fairly average humans who probably don't really enjoy... tackling people or whatever. Definitely hear a ton about the one's that do though. And there's some real pricks for sure as we saw during footage of the summer protests and police response.
- chrisseaton 5y ago> The officer at the polling place I’m sorry, the what now?
- lbotos 5y agothere was an election in NYC recently, and police were at the locations where folks cast ballots.
- chrisseaton 5y ago> police were at the locations where folks cast ballots Is that normal? That seems massively inappropriate to me.
- bberenberg 5y agoYes it is normal. They are there to enforce the regulations around no campaigning within a certain distance, and other voting related laws. Plenty of crazies showing up insisting on inspecting ballots and stuff, and poll workers delegate dealing with this to cops.
- Tenhundfeld 5y agoYeah, I think it's fairly normal to have an officer outside of or at the entrance to a polling location. They're not actually in the room with poll watchers, etc., and certainly nowhere near the private voting booths. It has never felt inappropriate to me – maybe because I typically vote at a public school, where it's normal to see a crossing guard or public safety officer outside.
- pgoggijr 5y agoI don't think so either - but the ones that are being punished aren't in that position because they're happy with or believe in department policies.