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It's the combination of the four that work: rules plus discretion plus appeal plus audit.
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Zero-tolerance simply means that the discretion of authorities becomes UNAPPEALABLE. Once they've decided to start the turning of the wheel, there is no process to stop it, or to punish the authority for poor use of discretion -- since, nominally, no discretion exists.
It's the exact reverse of what is aimed for -- a blind justice system that is automatic and equitable. By removing discretion, you give authorities infinite discretion.
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"When was that policy enacted, and when and how much were the corresponding reductions in salary of the supervisory personnel up the chain to acknowledge the fact that they were no longer being asked to exercise careful judgement over such incidents?"
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2 Zero tolerance is indeed unappealable discretion. That is, zero tolerance is the hall-mark of a police state
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David Corking
a system, not a headline
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It's the combination of the four that work: rules plus discretion plus appeal plus audit.
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Zero-tolerance simply means that the discretion of authorities becomes UNAPPEALABLE. Once they've decided to start the turning of the wheel, there is no process to stop it, or to punish the authority for poor use of discretion -- since, nominally, no discretion exists.
It's the exact reverse of what is aimed for -- a blind justice system that is automatic and equitable. By removing discretion, you give authorities infinite discretion.
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