The solutions being taken up by moderates in both of the American political parties has been about removing liability protections in police actions and/or creating national standards for police oversight. I think those are the solutions that currently have widespread support and people have been discussing qualified immunity and body cameras at length on twitter and elsewhere.
I suggest to read Franklin Zimring's 2017 book, When Police Kill.
We are focused on problem cops but not problem departments.
Not 1 person mentions the failure of local chain of command for setting bad/no policy to deal with police encounters.
Immunity should be removed also from chain of command AND deparments for not producing directives that troops can follow.
Why is it not codified to not shoot when a suspect is running? The ruelbook on proper rules of engagement is surprisingly weak at precinct level and above. Then we go about blaming cops for not having clear limitations on what they can or cannot do.
Leadership loves the lack of accountability. They prefer to sacrificial troop lambs rather than themselves to roast.
I can see that helping in the sense of holding police responsible once they have taken bad actions but I am not sure if that will help with power seeking actions.
As an aside, we should remove liability protections for all government officials not just police.
Making bad actions visible can better inform voters and increase accountability (even if it doesn't remove bad actors themselves from the system). Qualified immunity is useful and helpful for the justice system in theory, but it is increasingly clear it causes more harm than good.
