(October 2, 2016 at 7:22 am)abaris Wrote: There's a high responsibility coming with that job and only the ones being able to handle that kind of responsibility should be admitted into the ranks.
Exactly. You will be held to a higher standard as a policeman because you wield the power of life and death.
Seems clear to me that too many jurisdictions in my country care more about having warm bodies in uniform to fill out a patrol schedule than they do about having policemen trained to de-escalate rather than reach for a Taser or gun.