did we only allow idiots to vote until now?
I hope no one actually thinks this is a good idea. If you're just making some kind of stupid point, fine, you've made your very stupid point, but if you actually think this is a good idea....eeeks. We already live in a world where we don't get enough good candidates, and that's gotten way worse in the last 6 months. Of course police training should be changed, ALL training should be changed. What career do you think gets perfect training? We should always be looking for better ways to do everything, and that of course should include how we train our police officers. Perhaps they need more law learning, but 4 or 7 or 10 years, in a classroom? Why would anyone be a cop when they have the training to be a lawyer? Lawyering can be done by fat people in wheel chairs, cops have to (or at least should be) fit and able to, ya know, open doors by themselves in a timely manner. Why would anyone do the physically demanding and dangerous job when they can sit on their ass all day talking and "thinking".
And the cost? I know you all think there is no end to govt money and if we just need more, we can always take it from the rich or the military (or if you're really stupid, print it), but even you people must see that it's not endless (except for the money printer go brrrr half wits).
Being a police officer should be a privilege. If you REALLY want to be a cop, if you really want to have the responsibility and the power that comes with that, then YES, it should be a difficult and long process.
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