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To: conimbricenses

“The education requirements for becoming a cop in this country are outright embarrassing. Typical prerequisite for hiring = a high school diploma or a GED. Typical “education” for career advancement = a couple of hours at community college or ITT Tech in “criminal justice.” Typical on-job training = *very* minimal physical fitness test . . .”

All too often true, but in fairness, good departments have more rigorous demands and more thorough professional development. Additionally, many departments also have psych screening which can be useful. Also, for some POs the work is not a merely a job it is a calling. These are the ones who represent about 10% of the personnel, and make about 90% of the cases. A smaller minority, like the goons in this incident, are themselves criminal, or criminally negligent.


321 posted on 05/31/2010 10:28:50 AM PDT by Psalm 144 (Let me be clear. The voluntary pancipation of Cinco de Quatro is mandated in all 57 states.)
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To: Psalm 144
Certainly. On a similar token, the elite levels of law enforcement such as the FBI and Secret Service are going to have higher standards and levels of training than the Podunk Town Police Department.

It's also true though that the average citizen will interact much more frequently over his/her lifetime with a typical GED/Community College educated cop on street patrol (read: burger flipper with a badge) than they will with an FBI agent, or even a higher ranking detective at a big city department. Hence the problem.

343 posted on 05/31/2010 11:27:46 AM PDT by conimbricenses
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