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Louisville officer who slapped and poked handcuffed suspect guilty of misconduct, fined $2

He's convicted of hitting robbery suspect, fined

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RE: Louisville officer who slapped and poked handcuffed suspect...

March 13th, 2013 @ 8:06PM (11 years ago)

So tell us, how DO your FOP dues pay for the screw ups? Your legal defense payments cover that and those my friend are optional. So if you are so tired, opt out of the legal defense plan, that will show 'em!

RE: Louisville officer who slapped and poked handcuffed suspect...

March 13th, 2013 @ 10:50PM (11 years ago)

Your FOP dues do not pay for screw ups. A large portion of your dues are paid to the National FOP Legal Defense Plan. Every Member has this coverage. It's like car insurance, gotta have it but hope you never need it. When a screw up makes a claim it goes to the claims adjuster (Sedgwick) and if the claim falls under covered actions then they provide a lawyer for the screw up just like they do for anybody else, like a non-screw up involved in a shooting for instance. The screw ups pay for their own defense like all of us. Your FOP (614) doesn't pay anything for screw ups or decide if they get an attorney or not. You've never lost a dime because of a screw up getting legal representation. I don't think you meant to be malicious toward the FOP but you should really research these things before you make statements intended to rile the troops up. You're wrong on this one and it makes you look kind of uneducated.