&gt; <i>Ask yourself why they aren&#x27;t?</i><p>The prosecutors and the officers they&#x27;re charging may be drinking buddies, or at least have collaborated professionally before. Prosecutors may also fear other officers being unhelpful in the future to the person who charged the latters&#x27; buddy.<p>The prosecutor may also fear having to open every case that officer was involved in to retrial. The prosecutor, themselves, may have logged those cases as wins.<p>In the end, the system will never work unless an independent prosecutor, with the power to investigate and bring charges, exists for police crimes.