Progressive discipline is a system that Law Enforcement uses where the penalties get progressively more serious. These disciplines include verbal counseling to an oral reprimand basically don’t do it again. This progresses to a written reprimand which goes into an officer’s file and can hinder moving up in the ranks. From there it goes to a monetary fine where the officer pays a monetary compensation. After this the next possible discipline is transfer or reassignment whether out of the department or squad. An example of this could be an officer in vice is reassigned to homicide. The next penalty is suspension without pay, and after that is loss of promotional opportunity. From there it goes to demotion and finally termination. Now, this discipline
