Are police officers goverment property?

Question

Im asking this for my class. The question I was asked to answer was. If police officers are held to higher standards would harsher punishment be considered a violation of their constituational rights.

Answer 1

No.

Police Officers are government employees with the same rights as any other citizen of the United States of America.

Answer 2

ofcourse they are government property...where u think their checks came from?  bart simpson?   its uncle sam!!!!

cops works for the city u live and get paid by the mayor of that city, but the city's funds comes from the state that the city is in.  too make things short.  all the government official get their checks from the governor of ur state.

the fbi(federal bureau of investigations) how ever are not owned by ur state but by the federal government...and who pays their checks u ask?  the president!!!

who has higher authory between cops and fbi?  the fbi, because they work for the president not ur governor!!!

if cops disobey the laws, they be fine and fired.  as for fbi, they will just be fired!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Answer 3

No, they are gov't employees.  Their uniforms are government property.  Police officers are held to the same standards as citizens even though they are held to higher standards of police conduct because they are citizens, too, and work under a different code of proper behavior.

Answer 4

I am NOT govt. property.  At least not when I am off duty.  I bought and paid for my own uniforms so they are mine as well.  There is nothing in the law that holds police officers to a higher standard, at least not yet.  The higher standard that we are held to is called public trust.  It is a conception that we will do our best to obey the laws that we enforce.  Most officers do but a few cross over that thin blue line and disregard the public trust and the oath that we each took to uphold the Constitution and the laws of our jurisdiction.  I do believe that officers should legally be held to a higher standard but as of yet they are not.

Answer 5

No...

Answer 6

First, police are not government property in the sense that soldiers are considered government property. Second, as far as harsher punishment - this is usually a "due process" question. Due process in this case would be for a protected class, i.e. race, religion, s*x or national origin, and a police officer is not a protected class. so, the answer to if it is unconstitutional for them to receive harsher punishments would be NO.

Answer 7

LOL, uh, NO, we aren't.