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Should police have a minimum age and education requirement?
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the nature boy
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Y_Lifter said:
no I wasn't really talking to you with that tone... I was more typing to myself.
Police would get a lot more credcivbility if they made teh hiring standards more strignent.
Minimum age of 25; you really don't know shit about shit until then. Require a 4 year degree.
Minimum age of 25; you really don't know shit about shit until then. Require a 4 year degree.
TheProject
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Okay, let's look at this another way.
Suppose you change the requirements, bump up the age, require a degree.
Consider for a moment that many departments are shorthanded, and your new requirements exclude some people that would make good cops.
Is it worth it?
Suppose you change the requirements, bump up the age, require a degree.
Consider for a moment that many departments are shorthanded, and your new requirements exclude some people that would make good cops.
Is it worth it?
TheProject
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Y_Lifter said:
I think I'm non-violently disagreeing.
Baby Gorilla
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Whoa!
I'm utterly against an education requirement for a simple reason....it lines the pockets of colleges for a worthless education.
A CJ degree teaches nothing a cop won't learn from experience in time. So, every cop having to have a CJ degree to be hired makes all of them the same. Likewise, a diversity in education makes a department more effective. One guy having an engineering degree, another with a math degree, etc. gives a way for a department to utilize people with a variety of skills and backgrounds.
I'm not even in favor of a minimal education because it isn't how "smart" a cop is, but how well they understand their duties and limitation of power. I've seen "educated" cops that are nothing more than robots. A piece of paper doesn't ensure they are a good cop.
I do support a higher minimal age. Since the military is favored so much, I'd place it at 21. 19 is too young to be entrusted to be a cop. Gives an applicant time to establish another line of work since law enforcement hiring is anything but fair. If a guy can't hold a stable job or at least have good references, he won't have a chance anyway.
The real problem is that hiring is still politically-based. Knowing someone is the real way in, so having credentials doesn't mean jack. The reform has to be in how people get hired, not what their qualifications are (academic-wise).
I'm utterly against an education requirement for a simple reason....it lines the pockets of colleges for a worthless education.
A CJ degree teaches nothing a cop won't learn from experience in time. So, every cop having to have a CJ degree to be hired makes all of them the same. Likewise, a diversity in education makes a department more effective. One guy having an engineering degree, another with a math degree, etc. gives a way for a department to utilize people with a variety of skills and backgrounds.
I'm not even in favor of a minimal education because it isn't how "smart" a cop is, but how well they understand their duties and limitation of power. I've seen "educated" cops that are nothing more than robots. A piece of paper doesn't ensure they are a good cop.
I do support a higher minimal age. Since the military is favored so much, I'd place it at 21. 19 is too young to be entrusted to be a cop. Gives an applicant time to establish another line of work since law enforcement hiring is anything but fair. If a guy can't hold a stable job or at least have good references, he won't have a chance anyway.
The real problem is that hiring is still politically-based. Knowing someone is the real way in, so having credentials doesn't mean jack. The reform has to be in how people get hired, not what their qualifications are (academic-wise).
I think that most, if not all states, require you to be 21.
While I would like to see people have more real world experience, before they become police officers, I don't think that they will find that in a college for four years. To progress in most law enforcement jobs you need to get a degree. That is why you will find so many officers going to school in addition to their job.
For those that would like to require four year degrees to become an officer, would you also agree that the pay should be increased?
While I would like to see people have more real world experience, before they become police officers, I don't think that they will find that in a college for four years. To progress in most law enforcement jobs you need to get a degree. That is why you will find so many officers going to school in addition to their job.
For those that would like to require four year degrees to become an officer, would you also agree that the pay should be increased?
the nature boy
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TheProject said:
maybe if they were educated... they'd work smarter. Plus an cop that's more mature may not get into police brutality situations which cost police departments lots of cash.
Of course in this perfect world these cops would be payed more, which I think is fair.
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