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Sample of two, but it makes the point.

I worked with a guy who had a degreein, and had worked in the field of, aerospace engineering. But he was an awful cop because he was a lazy, arrogant coward.

Another partner had a GED. But he was fearless and cared more about the people he served than anyone I've seen.







A college degree requirement will weed out the unintelligent. But the things that make a good cop can't be taught. They can be honed and practiced, but not learned.

Agreed. As with most professions, one gets good at their profession by actually working in their profession. The best way to learn how to do something is to 'do it'.

Exactly.

Give me a badge and a TASER and I'll show ya'll some remarkable displays of immaturity.

OUtstanding point, and IMO well under way.

I have some good friends who are LEO and the general consensus is they pretty much cant wait to retire.

That gives me a warm and fuzzy thought...

If a judge ever returns a finding of frivolous lawsuit and throws a case out, defendent gets to taser the plaintiff's lawyer.

Could make a reality show out of it... Running Lawyer.

Oh, BIG BUCKS on viewership!

Okay, hijack over.

Yep, , the best way to learn how to do brain surgery is to just get in there and dig around.

That's right, although "get in there and dig around" is more than a little bit inaccurate. Point bein', as many have posted here, that few things take the place of experience. These guys really start learning how to be cops after they get out of the academy and actially start working as cops.

You sound like an idiot.

Most degrees everybody earns anywhere these days are not worth the paper they're written on. They're spitting out IT and business management specialists like bunnies and most of them can't boot up a computer and balance their checkbooks.

And while you're "considering" all Leo's skilled white collar employees entitled to a much higher level of compensation, are you willing to actually "pay" for it?

When was the last time you had to deal, personally, with a cop?

Law school simply teaches one a certain way of thinking. Real life lawyering has little to nothing to do with what I learned in law school.

I can bring mine to the hog hunt. A cool 10 spot if you taze bobby in the nuts. You still owe him after the phone incident.

In all seriousness , 28 would be a good starting age.

In this day and age, who in their right mind would want to be an LEO?
There are POS in every occupation. Degreed or not. I give alot of credit to the ones that really want to go into the profession knowing the consequences..... you are chitted on by the ones up above, your are under the spotlight no matter what you do, and chitted on by the ones you are trying to serve and protect.... in escence you are a reverse Chit Sandwich.... oh yea....there are people out there trying to kill them for doing their job, all the while they are thinking of how to go home alive everyday to be with their families and have a normal life like everyone else.... you want their job? I think if anyone wants to criticize them, walk a mile in their shoes and let us know how it goes.... and yes, I have several family members in LE.... State, City, and Corrections .... this world is going to hell in a hand basket...

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.

I'm still the employer like it or not. Obviously, my power is through my elected officials and not directly to the police department. But I'm still one of the employers.

That's a nice thing about the sheriff's office the sheriff is directly elected by the employers, no third party there.

Thanks for the sympathy, but cops don't get into the business expecting it to be a nice place. They just want to help people, catch bad guys or in the case of the narcissists...have power. We know the public is largely supportive of us and that the dickheads who don't are in the super minority.

Obviously, I don't live in your neck of the woods so I don't pay any part of your salary unless you're part of Obama's nationwide police force. But you get the point, the people in your area are your employers and do pay your salary.

I've met plenty of stupid POS's that had degrees. Doesn't take a genius level IQ or an admirable work ethic to get one.

Depending on specific school and field of the degree of course.

Don't by so damn stupid. I'm referring to the people in your area just like I pay part of the paycheck of the police in my area.

Police should be able to do to as they wish when dealing with any civilian. That is the consensus among the officers here and on sites that cater to police officers. As the officers here have stated, only police should have input on police work. That is why you see bad officers who go against that concept get treated like this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrian_Schoolcraft

while brave officers like these:

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/nat...s-tot-burned-swat-raid-article-1.2050396

are welcome in any department or LE function in the nation.