With brain studies which show that the pre-frontal cortex (the area of the brain involve with rational thought and emotional control) not maturing until the mid 20’s you’d think that such high stress jobs would take the age factor into account in the hiring process.
For this one 20 y/o there are many good 20 y/o cops.
I agree, Kids who are 20 have a ways to go to get to another level of maturity.
Attending class in the Appleton area, every Tuesday, I have to walk by the class where they are training police officers. Young kids. They go outside for the class when they go into physical action, when one man is taking down another, the whole class hoots and hollers like they’re watching a football game.
It’s quite scary to walk past them to go to my own class, and it’s also quite scary to think that these young people are our law enforcement.
What's the 'age factor' in becoming a soldier? If you knew what kind of people can manage to get hired into local Mayberry PD's it would make your hair stand on end---but then the same could be said for the Army.