Ididntdothis

Interesting. Can a state or a county decide that killing people or bank robbery is OK? I am honestly curious.

I can’t imagine Mars soil having any usable nutrients since there are no microbes or any other biological activity. You probably have to bring or produce all fertilization from scratch.

Maybe we should eliminate nationwide regulations on theft and violence too? Let the locals deal with these things since they are local issues. That way municipalities with funding problems could save some money.

Very true. Especially the petty drug arrests they have to do are poisoning relationships between cops and citizens.

So we don’t even need to to pay more. Just better management, training and accountability.

I work in medical devices. I don’t have to take liability insurance to do my job. I get training on FDA regulations and if I don’t follow them I get warned or fired. We also have internal and external audits with Independent auditors that have the power to demand changes or shut us down. The whole company culture is about doing things the right way and this is coming from the top. As far as I can tell all this is missing in US police or if there are auditors they are toothless or corrupt.

If that’s what’s needed to attract reasonable people into the police then so be it. If we aren’t willing to pay for proper training and supervision then we have the police force we deserve.

"So, we should have the cops take out liability insurance and pay damages?"

No, they should get proper training and be held to professional standards.

i don't think the previous poster meant moving buttons around and changing icons as "innovation".

What facts and evidence for what did you present?

At least the municipalities then would have to choose between never ending payouts or fixing things.

That’s very doubtable. I would guess biggest cost is salaries.

The companies that are renting their space also have fixed costs.

We may do better than the bankers who like to design fragile systems as long as they can make boatloads of money :)