Albuquerque Police Chief makes Startling Admission

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Albuquerque Police Chief Gorden Eden said in an interview with USA Today that it will be difficult to reform the department because it is “stuck” with officers who “shouldn’t be on the force.”

Eden told the newspaper that aspects of the contract between the union and the city make it difficult for officials to discipline officers for past actions that have already gone through the disciplinary process.

That, he said, will make it hard to make changes as required by the Justice Department. The interview was published on the paper’s website Wednesday.

Eden said in a prepared statement Wednesday evening that all large departments have at least some problem officers.

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http://www.abqjournal.com/460296/news/chief-eden-apd-is-stuck-with-some-officers.html

[BlueCaliDem]

1. Yep. There are bad unions and good unions. Clearly, the Republican Party supporting

police unions across the United States are in the bad category. How do I know this? I never hear a Republican whine about police unions when they whine about unions.

[951-Riverside]

4. Police Unions arent Real unions, they are Fraternities and Social Clubs for organized criminals

I guarantee you if a Union bus driver shoved a gun in some passenger's face and said "I'm going to fucking kill you" and it was all captured on camera, not only would he be under arrest but he would be fired that same day, lose his pension and his union would not represent him in any way.

Police Unions on the other hand are a different animal. They support, defend and encourage horrendous behavior against citizens. These police fraternities calling themselves "Unions" are not your average Teamster/IFPTE unions and do not deserve the same recognition or protections.

The name of the game for these Police Frat Groups and their associates is to Lie, Deny, and Deflect. This is pure unadulterated mental illness, it is a sickness permeating law enforcement and these people have no business anywhere near a gun let alone have any authority over people.

Many Officers within the ranks are sick, sadistic and depraved animals who look for any excuse to hurt someone and get off on seeing people hurt. They ought to be treated like pedophiles and locked away from society.

Hopefully the latest nationwide backlash will lead to reform that drives the aggressive cult-like brotherhood culture out of law enforcement because if it doesn't we are all in big trouble.

Real unions fight for fair wages, medical coverage and safer work environments.

...And THIS is what Police Unions Stand for:

Police union gives $500 "Bounty" to officers involved in shootings

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Albuquerque police officers involved in a rash of fatal shootings over the past two years were paid up to $500 under a union program that some have likened to a bounty system in a department with a culture that critics have long contended promotes brutality.

http://www.pressherald.com/2012/03/23/police-union-gives-payments-to-officers-involved-in-shootings_2012-03-24/

[TheVisitor]

2. One of the only unions...

left untouched my the Republican party... and they act just like Terrorists

[edgineered]

3. Eden is incompetent

it will be difficult to reform the department because it is “stuck” with officers who “shouldn’t be on the force.

There is a difference between changing policies to stop abuses of the system, tacit or not, and firing or dismissing people from the force. Once again we are told the truth, the reality of nothing changing.

[Downwinder]

5. Put them on the Brady List.

If they can't testify, they are not of much use.

[Liberal_in_LA]

6. kick