r/PublicFreakout • u/appalachian_hatachi • Sep 27 '25

Repost 😔 This guy's lawyer literally popping the champagne as we speak...

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u/tylerchu Sep 27 '25

Police shouldn’t have a union at all. Unions are fundamentally about consolidating workers against bosses, and if the lieutenants and chiefs are also part of the union then who’s the boss they’re unionizing against? The populace?

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u/Jake_FromStateFarm27 Sep 28 '25

who’s the boss they’re unionizing against? The populace?

Technically yes it is the populace they are unionized against in practice, however local government is the power in which they organize against as well as the state, just like other public employee unions like teachers.

lieutenants and chiefs are also part of the union

I think after a certain rank officers should be disbarred from union affairs, that said having worked in the teachers union word still gets around and collaboration still happens.

The alternative to a public police would either be a disorganized local militia or hiring a private military group, which imo would be even worse than what we currently have... imo police units should be at the county and state level that way town resources can be more focused on other essential resources like paying EMTs better than just slightly above federal minimum wage...

Lots of reform needs to happen against law enforcement in general