How any police agency/city/state/etc has any money and can stay operational when they are sued repeatedly and have to pay out millions upon millions of dollars for each settlement? How is it sustainable?

Question

ie… police wrongdoing cases… wrongfully jailed… corruption then sued etc… etc.

In: Economics

Answer 1

Police have liability insurance. There’s whole insurance sectors which cover specifically for issues like this. Malpractice is another one.

Also keep in mind that many many police departments can go decades without a serious complaint. Their timely insurance payments help cover the payouts.

Further, a 10 million award might be paid put over 20 or 30 years. It then just gets rolled into the budget.