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cmv: Police officers who commit a serious crime should receive much longer sentences

After reading of another UK police officer being charged with sexual assault I think it's time for a change in the law.

Perhaps an extra 50% increase in sentencing for police officers that commit a serious crime.

The police are supposed to uphold our laws, but there are plenty of officers who use there job to get in a position of power over the vulnerable.  I think we change the law to reflect the seriousness of officers breaching there position of power and trust to hurt others.

If you can't trust yourself not to prey on the vulnerable - don't join the police!!

CMV!

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**Edit**

**Apologies, but I'm about to start working, so  won't be able to reply to any more comments today. Thanks to everyone who posted.  It's nice to be able to have a discussion without the nastiness that often comes with online discussions.**

**I'm not sure that I've changed my opinion that police should be held to a higher standard and that sentencing should reflect this, but I may have changed my mind on how we go about this.**

**The most compelling argument that I found against my view is that the law should be blind and without bias for anyone, but I do think that this bias already exists in our laws. For example if you hurt a child, you are likely to receive a higher sentence that if you hurt an adult, or if you kill a police office, you will likely receive a higher sentence than if you kill a member of the public.**

**I'm also not sure I agree with the opinions that all views need to fully researched and based on pure fact before engaging in conversation, we all have views that aren't yet fully formed, and I think that conversations with other people are a great way to change or strengthen views and grow as a person.**

**Thanks again for a great discussion!**
gpt
A law is a law, and there's no reason, nor should we want, different people to suffer differently from a given set of laws. 

If a homeless man murders someone, that penalty should be the same, all things equal, as if he were a politician, a ceo, a plumber, or an artist. Murder is murder. 

If we feel that police should be disincentivized from abusing their power, and we feel that criminal punishments are effective disincentives, then we can instead look to criminalizing the specific abuse of power. 

Then, a policeman who commits murder has the initial charge, and a separate charge for the abuse of power, allowing judicial review on both as the case warrants.