There should be police who's only job is to police the police.

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RFD: I don't agree, per se, but my vote is honest. Personally, I think that a personally leveled law enforcement to watch the law enforcement is a drain on public resources and tax dollars that isn't worth it. If there was more evidence of major crime by police officers, then Pro would be justified. RationalMadman made plenty of points in the comments, but strictly between pro and con, Pro won.

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RFD: Although Pro accused Con of bad conduct, Con's next argument settled this. Pro took it a little too literally. However, to me it is bad conduct for accusing your opponent of having bad conduct as you don't really have the authority.

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Of the debate... Not my ideas.

Internal affairs doesn't do street beats. They work in the aftermath of corruption usually.

Also, not the same. Anti corruption is more about the police force as a whole, I'm trying to address things at an individual level.

I.A. and AC isn't going to do either of these things.

Countries either have this:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internal_affairs_(law_enforcement)

Which is literally the organisation that does what you want.

OR they have this:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_anti-corruption_agencies

Which is slightly less technically as they are cops not secret agents but other than the highest ranks of the police (which still have to answer to them) noone knows some of the AC officers' identities (they publicly are not listed in records as part of the initiation but the records are still existent just top secret). The highest ranking cops in these nations do know the highest ranking AC officers' due to relationships necessary for massive ops but as I said even knowing the highest ranks doesn't entitle then any true authority against AC if AC were to investigate them but they do have authority over AC regarding specifics of when to give them the "go" etc.

You're talking about something different than me. I want a cop that pulls a cop over when that cop is speeding. I want a local force with a street beat.

They don't. AC is so above them that they actually go undercover and drink the beers under an alias. Trust me when I say you don't know what you're talking about here. It already exists and the other cops hate and fear AC.

Those things exist but are essentially homogenous with the police force due to social circles and congruent professional interest. We need a separate entity that isn't out drinking with the cops on Saturday and going to their kid's soccer games, etc.

Someone's never heard of anti-corruption units.

Doesn’t this already exist? Aren’t there internal protocols and inter-judicial things to keep police accountable? Also they wear body cams right?

I wouldn't necessarily be against that. But I think at some point it becomes impractical to go too far with it. You don't need a third police force per se because the 2nd police force doesn't have nearly as much power as the police do. It's like a check and balance thing. Or you could think about it being like the game stratego where the Spy is the weakest piece in the game, but there's a special exception where the spy can capture the highest ranked piece only. So think of it more like coherentism circle. That's actually what formal checks and balances look like. A circle. so we even have a previous standard to look upon to make sure it's done right.

Infinite regress?
So no-one should police the police police?