BPD superior officers, detectives want more cops, more shotguns, less civilian oversight and fewer restrictions on 'non-lethal' weapons, so they sue the city

Over the years from left wing activists, some of which you have refused to acknowledge. Like having urine and batteries thrown at them during protest.

BPD should be able to protect themselves and overall civility in Boston.

The BPD Union always has the city's best interest in heart, NOT. Could we want a limit on gassing people because the BDP has abused it? A shotgun in every car because we all know those 9 mils aren't good enough for traffic details.
I am not anti Cop but I am very much Anti Corrupt Union. The Union has never considered what is best for the city just the status quo for cops. (like hiding a retired cop that abused kids)
Citizen oversight might be a pain for BPD, but as they work for us, we should be able to keep them in check. JMHO

to internal and external theft than the number of times they'll actually be used, much less needed.

The union are nothing but a pack of insecure clowns.

Unions seek protections for workers, better working conditions, and better pay. They do not seek to allow their members to exercise greater degrees of violence with lesser degrees of accountability.

We *need* more officers to run away from a school shooting.

So the detectives who are in plainclothes and the superior officers who work in offices are suing for the right of the uniformed officers to carry shot guns and chemical agents. The uniformed officers union are not a party to this lawsuit which is interesting.

I remember a time, much longer ago than I care to count, that I was a teenager with a minimum wage job tearing tickets and slinging popcorn at a local theater. There was a lazy tuesday afternoon, midsummer, in between rushes, and I was cleaning the second popcorn machine prior to bringing it online for the evening shows. Being 16 and not as careful as I am now, the popper was hot, and I received a not-insignificant dose of very hot water all over one arm. Perhaps naturally, a fuckword was yelled, admittedly fairly loudly, but also to an empty lobby, with only myself, the ticket-seller, and the manager within earshot.

My manager BEELINED over to me and dressed me up and down for inappropriate language. I, trying to undo the buttons to my shirt at the wrist so I could roll my soaked sleeve up and away from my burn, defended myself, that nobody except the manager and our fellow minimum wage employee had heard and that I was justified in this case. It didn't matter. I was to consider the optics of the proud 3-theater chain, and uphold the company's honor in all matters while wearing the uniform. SOMEONE could have heard, and it would have made the company look bad. That someone could have called the local grocery store freebie gossip rag and written a stern letter to the editor. That someone could have told everyone they knew. If this was not at the dawn of society, they could have posted on facebook. Optics mattered in this dead end, summer job, apparently, whether or not I needed medical attention.

Meanwhile, cops, many of who make more than 6 figures once you account for their absurd sweetheart OT deals, who are government employees and "lifers" with pensions, who are figures to be worshipped, according to certain political positions - cops wander around metaphorically fuckwording all over the place, because they cannot possibly imagine a world where what anyone else thinks of them matters. I mean yeah, they bitch and moan and complain if the general public doesn't fall all over themselves kissing their "life on the line" blue asses, but ultimately, fuck it. The public has concerns about police brutality? The city has lost money in lawsuits from police malfeasance? Fuck them. Police do what they want when they want to who they want, and they cannot muster up the minor, performative shits given by a movie theater manager who is making 9.50$ an hour while working part time during his Literature Bachelors.