bucs90
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ChrisL said cops need more training. Provided 1970s era stats and not much more. But many cop haters say this and offer no details. So....let's discuss. Cops needing "more training". Most PDs have post-acadmey field training programs. CALEA recommends 14 weeks. It varies by department and there are thousands. So....let's talk basic training. 50 state standards. I'll discuss a few at a time.
I live in SC. Wasn't a cop here. But know many. They have a central state academy in Columbia. Paramilitary format. Stay in bunks overnight. March and run in formation. Classes and drills all day. Shooting. Driving. Fighting. Scenarios. Laws. All the standard.
It's 13 weeks long. 14 weeks of field training follows.
Longer than all 5 branches of the military boot camps except the Marines (USMC is equal at 13).
And it's among the shortest in America.
North Carolina requires double that. 26 weeks.
Mine in Georgia was 18 weeks.
NY is Iike 6 months.
California? I've heard it's 12 months.
I think "more training" is out the window.
Higher standards? Well....that's racist. So let's lower them and stop discussing standards.
I live in SC. Wasn't a cop here. But know many. They have a central state academy in Columbia. Paramilitary format. Stay in bunks overnight. March and run in formation. Classes and drills all day. Shooting. Driving. Fighting. Scenarios. Laws. All the standard.
It's 13 weeks long. 14 weeks of field training follows.
Longer than all 5 branches of the military boot camps except the Marines (USMC is equal at 13).
And it's among the shortest in America.
North Carolina requires double that. 26 weeks.
Mine in Georgia was 18 weeks.
NY is Iike 6 months.
California? I've heard it's 12 months.
I think "more training" is out the window.
Higher standards? Well....that's racist. So let's lower them and stop discussing standards.