[gpm]

The "we both go to jail" policy would probably do even betting at keeping police officers honest. The threat of the officer going to jail being significantly worse than the threat of allowing the criminal to walk free.

The details are sketchy, who prosecutes the police/prosecutors? But in principle I think it makes sense.

[Frogolocalypse]

> worse than the threat of allowing the criminal to walk free.

Alleged criminal. You realize you're innocent until proven guilty, right?

[Cerium]

A "we both go to jail" policy would have the same incentives we see in the Wells Fargo example. We need top down incentive to follow the law at all levels. The current situation means that nobody profits from failure to follow the law.

[Retra]

>The threat of the officer going to jail being significantly worse than the threat of allowing the criminal to walk free.

Not if the officer going to jail is being manipulated by their superiors or is otherwise arranged to take the fall for someone else.