Mandatory Liability Insurance Proposed For Police Officers

Insurance agents could be selling individual professional liability policies to police officers if proposals in certain cities are adopted. Allegations of police brutality and abuse are on the rise across the country, with a related spike in lawsuits against police departments. And those at the center of the storm pay for it — Chicago alone has spent more than half a billion dollars in settlements related to inappropriate or illegal force by police officers since 2004. Yet citywide lawsuits haven’t done much to curb bad police behaviors, activists say. Instead, those pushing for change are looking to personal professional liability insurance requirements.