The problem then is you will never weed out the bad seeds.
And you are wrong about the BS degree. It takes a lot of work to get one, it takes a smart person to get one.
The length of of school weeds out the unqualified. I also believe more specific training is required.
LEO's and Unions = organized crime all day long, you can't have it.
It's time for LE to come over to the white collar/management side of the world and the public will simply need to accept the higher compensation as standard for that type of education.
The guys most frequently "weeded out of the system" are those who do have higher education. Most of them just don't have anything else. I know the business, just as probably know chemistry. The last thing the public needs (or wants) is a bunch of geek cops who never got in a fight or skipped school. They are the pricks that NOBODY likes. That's why a very large percentage are veterans.
Mac...I think (in hindsight) 25 would be a good starting point.
