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trs21219 t1_jd14tvp wrote

Reply to comment by TheApprentice19 in DA to seek death penalty against man accused of fatally shooting McKeesport officer by OaSoaD

Cops get paid administrative leave while the investigation is going on. Because its unjust to not pay them for weeks/months when they could have very well acted appropriately, legally and within policy. What you fail to mention here though is that if a cop is found guilty of a crime when a shooting occurs, they have to pay that paid leave money back.

Also, there are 2 investigations that happen when a shooting occurs. The first is the criminal investigation, where the officer has 5th amendment rights. Only after that one is over do they proceed with the internal employer investigation where the officer has to give a full statement and that statement is compared against other statements, bodycam, etc to determine if they violated policy and should be fired. The second can only happen after the first due to the 5th amendment rights of the officer in a criminal investigation.

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MeetTheTwinAndreBen t1_jd1fnh4 wrote

Lol ok, if I kill someone at work I don’t get to go on paid vacation until they sort out the details of what happened

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trs21219 t1_jd1g5m7 wrote

I would imagine your job doesn’t send you into situations on a regular basis where you might have to kill someone.

No one would want to be a cop if they could be without a paycheck for months for doing the right thing in a dangerous situation.

You seem to be focusing on the bad instances but there are plenty where a cop shoots someone who is pointing a gun at them or someone else and it’s totally justified. Should they be without pay for months until the investigations, grand jury decision and employment investigation is concluded?

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