• Meltrax@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    There should be a 2 year criminal justice degree requirement. It requires more schooling to be a fucking barber than it does to be an armed police officer, and a massive number of them couldn’t quote basic laws, let alone explain them.

    • trackcharlie@lemmynsfw.com
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      9 months ago

      I would also posit there needs to be at least 6 months of situational simulations in proper threat engagement and another 4 months in situation de-escalation training. The fact I had more peace-officer training as a combat arms trade is ludicrous.

      There’s vastly more to being an officer of the law than just hitting the target range and that shows with the number of issues presented every year.