g5000
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Professionalize the police
An obvious major reform needs more attention than it's getting.
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If you want to cut hair and paint fingernails, you need 2,000 hours more training than a cop.
![police-training-hours.jpg](https://i.ibb.co/ZVTbwgR/police-training-hours.jpg)
Is a bad haircut more dangerous than giving a gun and a badge to a seriously under-trained high school graduate? I don't think so!
BLAM!BLAM!BLAM! HALT, POLICE!
![police-killings.jpg](https://i.ibb.co/sPhXPsp/police-killings.jpg)
We definitely need more cops:
![police-population.jpg](https://i.ibb.co/4RSztPG/police-population.jpg)
But just as importantly, maybe even more importantly, we need a lot more training for our cops:
![police-training-by-country.jpg](https://i.ibb.co/zG1fY3R/police-training-by-country.jpg)