The way it used to be, when the city was far less hug-a-thug and turd-friendly, people did get in trouble on occasion. The merit board and civil service board didn't side with the FOP that much except to shorten the suspensions. The FOP would also not go to bat for someone who was simply being a lazy P.O.S. The culture was very different. People who laid down were poorly perceived. The informal influences did more to stop that than formal discipline. It's all different today because the politicians