It takes two years to train police in the UK before they are off probation/supervised. There are a lot of exams and from 2020 all police will require a degree. This was already common enough. There will be three options at entry level: A three-year police constable degree apprenticeship paid for by the force, allowing individuals to "earn while they learn" - spending 80% of their time on the frontline, and the rest completing their degree while receiving a salary A practical policing degree, as seen in other professions, where the student would complete a three-year self-funded course and apply for a job once qualified For graduates, a six-month postgraduate conversion course funded by the police The amount of psychological training is very high, when you are unarmed you need to use your mind very effectively.
Well worth a look. What is normal in a lot of the rest of the developed world's police is still rare in the US.
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Fine. Cut the police in the big cities. That is a self-correcting situation. Police cut or abolished. Freakish crime levels develop like something out of purge movie. Politicians are recalled or voted out. Police force is restored. The experiment won't affect the rest of us. Minneapolis might be called the "Unadministrated Area Formerly Known as Minneapolis" and be walled off while it is lawless. I don't care what happens in these places. The people voted for those who will destroy their lives. Votes have consequences. Leftist pols think cutting the police will virtue signal them to safety. The criminals will be so grateful for their benevolence that they will just give up crime overnight and be transformed into peaceful responsible citizens working in harmony with the community. The power of magical thinking.
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Yep, even if averaging 9 months and some a little longer it still half to a third of the training of other nations. Add that a UK officer's firearms training will be only be coming once they have proven themselves and there are very few who qualify as AFO or SFO armed/specialist firearms officer.
I have no problem with police being armed. I think unarmed police are a weakness and we've seen it time and time again in the UK. The problem, as you so succinctly pointed out, is the lack of training the police get. Concealed carry holders in America are approximately as armed as police and the homicide rate for licensed CCW holders is several dozen orders of magnitude smaller than the police. It turns out having accountability when you carry a weapon is important. The "city is fallujah" mentality of modern American police. De-escalation is never an option. Even a traffic stop turns dicey if you reach too soon. To drive home how ridiculous this is urban dwelling Americans of all colors are taught the "rules" of dealing with the police in a traffic stop: 1. Have your ID and documents ready 2. Hands securely on the steering wheel with documents in hand 3. Roll down the windows and do not admit anything 4. Whatever you do - do not move until ordered to. Move slowly and deliberately and make sure your hands are visible at all times. Lord help you if you are coming home from the range, having a medical crisis, or mentally unwell. These "rules of engagement" citizens have to know shouldn't be the case. They're derived from decades of police violence that victimize otherwise innocent Americans. Americans understand every time the police stop your car it could be your last day on Earth. For some reason civilians are expected to remain calm with a gun in their face. Yet these victimizers are supposed to be "heroes"? A strange divergence from reality. The solution is obvious. Policing requires at least a 2 year theoretical degree in law enforcement and 6-8 months of on the job (unarmed) training, bi-annual psychological evaluations by independent psychologists, and immediate dismissal if they are failed. The standard must be raised much higher. As one protester pointed out barbers go to school for longer than police.