Cop-out
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Refers to any pathetically-threadbare easy-but-ineffective solution excuse used to maintain the infamous blue wall of silence and avoid having to terminate --- or at least adequately discipline --- a morally-delinquent officer for grossly unacceptable actions.
Cop-out meaning & definition 1 of Cop-out.
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to avoid doing something that you should do or that you have promised to do because you are frightened, shy, or you think it is too difficult:
Cop-out meaning & definition 2 of Cop-out.