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> Make police carry malpractice insurance.

This part is a bad idea, imo. If malpractice insurance is required and (presumably) privatized then we've handed a great deal of control over the monopoly on violence to private enterprise. Imagine the power $yourLeastFavoriteBillionaire would have if they decided to start buying up insurance firms that offer malpractice. VP got a DUI? The officer will forget all about it unless they want to lose coverage and be fired.

I'm not against levying financial penalties, but I think privatized insurance is the wrong way to go at it.



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