First you would have to show that this deputy’s actions were indicative of a systemic problem, and not just the actions of a man that can not handle the stresses of his job. Has this problem, or one like it, occurred in the past? Were other deputies aware of it? Was leadership? If city government decides to pursue a legal course of action, perhaps in the hopes of overwhelming a citizen without legal resources in the hopes of a cheap settlement, the responsibility of the rank and file police officer? How will robbing them of a pension cause leadership to revise their actions?
