Posted on 02/03/2018 2:31:17 PM PST by JP1201
A third of Baltimore Police recruits set to leave the academy and hit the streets lack a basic understanding of the laws governing constitutional policing and are being pushed through by the department nonetheless, according to the academy’s head of legal instruction.
“We’re giving them a badge and a gun tomorrow, the right to take someone’s liberty, ultimately the right to take someone’s life if it calls for it, and they have not demonstrated they can meet [basic] constitutional and legal standards,” said Sgt. Josh Rosenblatt Friday.
After a gun and badge ceremony at the academy Saturday, the recruits will receive eight weeks of training on the street before formally becoming Baltimore police officers, department officials noted.
(Excerpt) Read more at baltimoresun.com ...
Civil rights lawyers circling for the kill. I wonder if the city is self insured? Doubt they will be able to buy any.
We are still living under Obama’s Deep State.
The purpose of law enforcement is to get your enemies, not preserve law and order.
How can you be so dense? /s
Alcoholics? yes i guess.
But both are the real thing. Great murder pOlice
Wow! Social promotions at the Police academy — this will not end well.
this is true of any P.O. in the US today especially supervisors
don’t need to know the law...per SCOTUS in Heien v. North
Ruling appears to be very narrow, but any little taking is still a taking.
“A third of Baltimore Police recruits set to leave the academy and hit the streets lack a basic understanding of the laws governing constitutional policing”
actually, i don’t think that’s such a big deal since Baltimore police know better than to undertake any proactive policing that might accidentally lead to arrests ...
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