>Now imagine if you were arrested and there was no back seat in the patrol
>car so the police put you on top of the car and strapped you on with your
>own belt and while driving to the station you fell off the car, injured
>yourself and had to have surgery. Would you want the police to do this
>to the next victim they arrested?
No I would not. An ideally, I would like to see these officers being punished for that, e.g. by serving a jail term, losing their jobs, pensions, savings, etc. I would even like to see a law that committing a crime or a violation the line of official duty is an aggravating circumstance and calls for a more stringent punishment. But I would not want to see the taxpayers to pick up the tab for the misdeeds of these officers - which is what I argued.
Wojtek