The lede is buried:

“However, that justification ignores the reality that such costs are virtually always paid by the officer’s municipality, insurance, or unions. A study of more than 80 state and local law enforcement agencies across the country found that in instances of misconduct—including those involving truly egregious, clear-cut abuses of authority—individual officers almost never paid such costs.”

By all means QI should be overturned by statute so victims can be compensated, but 1983 is not a mechanism for holding officers accountable. For that we need pare way back civil service and collective bargaining based barriers to imposing consequences on mal- and misfeasant officers.