Clearly this brings “training” into question.
I think recruiting may be the problem.
I could not agree with you more!
That said, even if you recruit the best and then on graduation day they walk out on to the street with a FORCE first ask questions when the smoke clears attitude what have you gained.
So, it definitely is an issue of recruiting better people but I think the attitudes of the guys at the top of the food chain need to change. Basically, they need to try a little harder to produce cops that are a little bit (some would say a WHOLE LOT) more judicious in their use and application of FORCE.
Notwithstanding any of the foregoing, cops are an essential element in our crime laden society and anybody who wants to throw the baby out with the bath water is smokin.
These multi million dollar settlements are getting pretty expensive.