"I want to be like that guy"- hasn't been uttered by a prospective candidate in years, We have lost the thing that made people want to become a member of the team. Treating our team poorly, abandoning standards, and neglecting the human element in all that we do has this thing of ours dying a slow death. Its people like you and Dr Travis Yates that will resuscitate the profession, bringing it back to life!
Funny you should say that. Let me respond two ways. In the Great Depression, NYPD required a four year degree. (Murray, The Bell Curve) But during that time of mass unemployment, they could afford to add a filter like that. Their reasoning in the 1930s had nothing to do with major or field of study, instead they wanted people who had taken on a long term project and were committed enough to see it through to completion.
Today, we do not have a flood of interested candidates and I've never been to a crime scene and wished that there was someone with a Masters in Criminal Justice here.
"I want to be like that guy"- hasn't been uttered by a prospective candidate in years, We have lost the thing that made people want to become a member of the team. Treating our team poorly, abandoning standards, and neglecting the human element in all that we do has this thing of ours dying a slow death. Its people like you and Dr Travis Yates that will resuscitate the profession, bringing it back to life!
Wouldn’t hurt to put officers back in actual uniforms that don’t look like Russian commando clothing.
You are absolutely correct. Everyone is dressed like they could playfully roll down a hill. The first level of force is presence.
It’s nice to see that.
Right on!
Funny you should say that. Let me respond two ways. In the Great Depression, NYPD required a four year degree. (Murray, The Bell Curve) But during that time of mass unemployment, they could afford to add a filter like that. Their reasoning in the 1930s had nothing to do with major or field of study, instead they wanted people who had taken on a long term project and were committed enough to see it through to completion.
Today, we do not have a flood of interested candidates and I've never been to a crime scene and wished that there was someone with a Masters in Criminal Justice here.