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Originally Posted by Lester Burnham
The quality of the police force would increase exponentially if:
(1) they required a 4 year college education (not some bullshit 2 year "law enforcement" degree from some online university)
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This would do nothing to increase the quality of the police force. How many people have you worked with over the years that have had degrees and were clueless. I know a lot of cops both with and without degrees and there is no evidence that having this degree makes them a better cop. For that matter I would say of the cops I know some of those that I would say are the least capable are the ones with degrees. I'm not saying the degree caused it, but they are very book smart, not street smart. As a friend of mine put it, "Being a good cop all comes down to how well you deal with crazy bitches." Until they start teaching a Dealing with Crazy Bitches 101 in college, this is useless.
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(2) they required stringent height/weight requirements for the duration of their service;
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Some departments have this, other's don't, but I agree that it should be mandatory.
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(3) you can only serve in the city you live in (some jurisdictions may have this);
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Many cops do live in the city they serve in, but this isn't something that is realistic for some people. Sure, living in an area might help you get to know it a little better, but it could also open you and your family up to other issues. The last thing I would want is some crazy fuck that I have arrested 10 times being able to easily find out where I live, what my kids look like and where they hang out/go to school.
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(4) they paid a lot better
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Agreed, typically the higher the pay scale the more applicants you get and more selective you can be.
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I used to call police force taxes "white welfare" contributions lol. Generally speaking, dudes that can't get jobs anywhere else become cops.
And don't ever divorce a cop. Friend of mine is trying to divorce one, and he is fucking crazy. I referred her to a divorce lawyer, and the lawyer said, "cops are by far the worst to deal with in divorces."
With all that said, there are a ton of good cops, though I'd say 95% of my interactions with the police have been negative (and I'm a law abiding citizen).
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You might be surprised at how hard it is to get a job as a cop in some areas. Big cities are a lot easier because they always need people, but in the town I live in they had one opening recently and they had 135 people apply for it and that was without making it widely known that it was open. That was just telling the union that they were interviewing. If they would have advertised it they would have gotten two or three times that many applicants.