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The current situation can also incentivize organized crime to hire law enforcement officials - "Listen, officer Mike, we can't figure out how to safely distance ourselves from this stash of bodies/drugs/guns/whatever. Break into this house without a warrant based on an anonymous tip. Penalty for this is, what, a written reprimand? We're just certain we can give you better bonuses than the county district can afford.

(Assuming that the doctrine works in the way I understand and there aren't nifty extra failsafes built in)




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