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Maybe this is a topic worth debate. Shouldn't we hold a position in which an individual puts their life on the line and also impacts the life of others to a high standard. They should have to carry themselves as professional representatives of the city/state/gov and not be as insulated as they currently are

Well, that is a good topic, even a "dullard" like me can see it.

For one thing you're going to have to require some college, 2 years at a minimum in Criminal justice or whatever. Then you're going to have to increase pay--significantly. And no one wants to pay for jack these days.

It's a really stressful hard job. It's not for everybody and the pool of candidates willing to go through all that for shitty pay is going to be small.

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Posted by undecided

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Posted on 10/6/14 at 10:21 pm to TigerGman

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It's a really stressful hard job. It's not for everybody and the pool of candidates willing to go through all that for shitty pay is going to be small.

What seems to happen here is that guys retire from Birmingham, are still relatively young (late 40's/early 50's) and grab a job in the suburbs. If we focus on our larger urban areas we increase the quality throughout at least on a local level

This could be done by maybe having some type of recruitment/partnership with local high school that feeds kids into a 2 year JuCo program before allowing them on the force. They get some life experience but also classroom education on law enforcement. It also connects the community to the police force as this is now their sons, neighbors, ect charged with protecting them

I will now ride my unicorn into a beautiful field of daises and ponder my marvelous existence

This post was edited on 10/6/14 at 10:23 pm

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