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by spenczar5 42 days ago
No, but they go on strike when negotiating their collective contracts, and put terms in the contract that govern how failures like this are investigated and punished.
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Apologies if I misread/misinterpreted you, but police can't (generally) strike in the USA. Most states have a specific laws against police and firefighters from going on strike. Federal law enforcement cannot strike

edit: a source (I assume lawyers.com is reputable..) https://legal-info.lawyers.com/labor-employment-law/wage-and...

It's not legal, that doesn't mean it doesn't happen.

See "Blue flu" for cases where cops coordinate a strike using sick leave. Another way they strike is by simply not doing their job. They'll just sit in their cars all day and won't respond or will severely delay response to dispatch.

AFAIK, those cops never get a ATF style house cleaning.

Who's gonna arrest them? Who would enforce a civil judgement against them?
Oh no, they still strike. It's just one of the other definitions: "to engage in battle. to make a military attack."