Eh, cutting the department's budget retributively is stupid.
The most appropriate and effective punishment is to find the people who are most responsible and should have shut the whole thing down (eg, the Chief), fire them, and pursue any appropriate civil or criminal charges against them.
If the grunts take a pay cut and the cars go an extra year before being replaced, the Chief may still choose to do the same thing again. If you're the Replacement Chief for the Chief who was sacked and sued, you might reconsider...
Would go further punishing the Police for this kinda thing would be bad precedent. The police chief did nothing wrong as far as i understand, he got all the right warrants, didn't use excessive force, didn't ignore protocol etc.
The judicial branch may or may not have some responsibility, as its their job to interpret the law and use some degree of judgement.
But ultimately this is the laws created by the legislative branch, and it appears this is the executive branch pushing through some agenda at behest of the US.
I do think the policeman has the responsibility for some level of personal professional conduct, i on the other hand do not want the police to have the full authority to chose to disregard the judicial and executive branches of government because they dont agree with a law
Yeah, to some extent I'm speaking out my ass a bit since I don't know the full details. If the judge issuing the warrants acted improperly, fire him. If the judge shouldn't have issued the warrant, but the chief shouldn't have asked for it, reprimand them both. If everyone acted legally but the laws are stupid, fire the legislators and get new laws. You've got to find the right point to apply your anger to effect appropriate change.
The most appropriate and effective punishment is to find the people who are most responsible and should have shut the whole thing down (eg, the Chief), fire them, and pursue any appropriate civil or criminal charges against them.
If the grunts take a pay cut and the cars go an extra year before being replaced, the Chief may still choose to do the same thing again. If you're the Replacement Chief for the Chief who was sacked and sued, you might reconsider...