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That article doesn't support your point, it only says that DAs previously ignored the issue and now they don't, it doesn't say why they did so, aside from a single uncited line in the opening. You need more, and better, evidence. I meant pooling resources in terms of "hiring a better attorney"...

I can't find any evidence to support that, loads of DAs go after cops and win reelection handily. Kim Gardner, someone cited in several articles as being fiercely opposed by the local union, has gone after a bunch of cops and got 60% of the vote in her reelection. They didn't say "stop", they...

I think you're working off a faulty premise, police unions can't protect cops from getting prosecuted. They can protect bad cops from getting fired, rehire cops that were fired for cause, and engage in similar misconduct along that line, but that's procedural stuff that any similar organization...

If it's totally ok for teachers to have a union, why shouldn't the police (or if the cops shouldn't have a union, why do the arguements against them not apply to teachers?).

This really depends on the country and climate. In the US, unions suck. In Europe, I hear they're a lot better, because unions there are more about working with the company to reach the best outcome, instead of the US system where it's more adversarial.