re: Would reorganizing the police to be like the military (structurally) do some good? (Long)

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So this is how I would do it. Set up a police citadel, similar to the service academies. If you want to be a cop, you go to the citadel for a year or two of basic training in law enforcement, and a year or two of learning under “professor” cops. This would help make sure people who want to be cops are educated and it would make a nationwide standard procedures for cops around the country. Also, going to the academy and doing boot camp would hopefully squash the Napoleon complexes and power fantasies a lot of cops have, showing that it’s a serious job to be done honorably.

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This is actually an excellent idea. Not sure how practical it is and I'm sure it's going to create all kinds of other problems but in theory, it's what you would like to see instead of these little local departments that operate like their own fiefdoms. Just look at nopd/Orleans Parish Sheriff. They were maybe the most corrupt, ignorant and inept force in the country. The federal and state governments had to come in and teach them basic policing and constitutional principles