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What I see here is a cop trained to shoot to kill at the slightest chance.
I mean, if I ever visit this country and a policeman interacts with me I will pee my pants. Literally*.
*You know, like what "literally" meant in the old times.
No, actually the total opposite.
This is yet another example of a police officer getting minimal training, 6 months and here you have a gun, now go be Rambo. Coooool!
In North western Europe, police officers require good education to even be able to start their police officer education. Then it's 4 years of learning to get to a point that they can call themselves a basic police officer.
Wanna go anything beyond that? Be a detective? More schooling.
In the US they explicitly filter on getting dumber people, they give no adequate training at all, don't tech them de-escalation, etc.
Couple that with a police force that has a ver "we protect eachother over protecting them"
Couple that with a culture that is much more authoritive. Freedom? Hah! Obey! That kid smokes a joint? Toss him in jail!
Couple that with a justice system that is much more focussed on punishment instead of rehabilitation.
Couple that with an endless supply of guns out in the street.
Seriously, how is anyone surprised that this shit happens all the time?
Maybe some countries in North Western EU, but not North Western Europe. The UK is the most North Western part of Europe and they most definitely do not require that level of competence lol.
UK police officers are vastly better trained (and less problemstic) than US police officers
Absolutely, but they don't have any particular educational requirements. At least, not publicly. I imagine they have internal guidelines but can bend them for a candidate that convinces then to.
I recall from a few years ago that they were actively looking for less intelligent candidates, it was a big news thing for a while
Yeah, I mean I looked it up before my first comment here. Here are the requirements:
There's a bunch of general stuff in the skills section, but basically it seems like you would pretty much talk your way through an interview.
And?
Everybody has to start somewhere and there are different types of police officers. Those that write only parking tickets do not have the same level of training as the ones with the guns.They still receive better training than anywhere in the US and there are still factors less killings every day by police than in the US.
It may not be perfect but it's not THAT bad
You're speaking as if I'm saying anything about whether that's good or bad. All I did was offer the correction that European police aren't necessarily well educated.
My bad. I just read another comment complaining THAT UK police was the same as the US. I thought your comment was a continuation of that
I just have to say, 100% of my interactions with the police have been nothing but on the up and up.
I just have to say, mine have not, and I'm a straight white male.