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Around the country, police officers are threatening to quit if subject to a coronavirus vaccine mandate. And you know what? Good riddance.
This is a useful opportunity to clear law enforcement ranks of their worst, most selfish and least-public-spirit-minded officers.

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Culling the rotten apples before they “spoil the bunch” — or kill unarmed teenagers — is challenging. That’s partly because police unions, whatever their other merits, have a long history of helping to conceal misconduct and other abuses of power by their members, and shielding officers from consequences when they’re caught crossing the line. It’s also partly because it’s genuinely hard to tell in advance which cops applied for the right reasons and are temperamentally suited to the work, regardless of what training they receive or what weapons they’re supplied with.

Many officers go through some sort of psychological screening before joining the force, but that’s clearly not sufficient. Now, unexpectedly, we may have stumbled upon exactly the kind of litmus test that could prove useful.