Public-sector unions, including police unions, will do almost anything to protect their members. These unions create a culture of impunity. Even police officers who are terminated can be reinstated, “often via secretive appeals geared to protect labor rights rather than public safety” as a 2014 piece in the Atlantic put it.
https://www.thestreet.com/mishtalk/economics/why-its-impossible-to-get-rid-of-bad-cops
