&gt; &quot;blue wall of silence&quot; would become a very vocal supporter of police reform to identify and get rid of bad apples that threaten everybody&#x27;s pension<p>This sounds like collective punishment - don&#x27;t know about America, but over here, it would be not possible due to human rights treaties and legislation. The trade union or police  would challenge this in a court and government would back down from such threats immediately.<p>(Hey, even cops are human. Especially they are human. So even they have human rights.)