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TL/DR: As a cop in Youngstown, Ohio, Lieutenant Brian Flynn was charged with 14 counts of dereliction of duty, including “failure to investigate numerous cases of child sex abuse or child pornography.” He was fired, and then charges were dropped on a technicality.
He was then hired as a cop in the neighboring town of Poland, Ohio, where he was assigned as a school cop, despite the bit about failure to investigate child sex abuse or child pornography. After public outcry, he’s no long a school cop. Instead he’s been reassigned to road patrol, because “Not every police officer is a good school officer,” says the schools superintendent.
It’s overdue to create a system of licensing and certification for cops that we have for lawyers and doctors. They should be required to pass a test that certifies they understand all the laws they enforce and are then licensed to enforce the laws. Any misconduct and the lose their license to enforce the law and cannot just be rehired in the next precinct over.
Turn your body cam off during on a call? Lose your law enforcement license.