"Yeah. And police academies basic training these days are is little more than a training seminar on how to play the court system in a way that racks up arrests and tickets. torture civilians and violate the Geneva convention. It's not exactly intellectually demanding or confidence inspiring work, as is also evidenced by the proliferation of burger flipper types on patrol in the military who have obviously passed through a police academy basic training somewhere."
See, it sounds just as stupid. That must mean your premise is flawed.
Speaking of straw men...