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The Velveteen Ocelot

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2. I think police work, at least as it is now, attracts people with authoritarian tendencies.

Reply to Raven (Original post)

Sun Jun 14, 2020, 10:24 AM

Jun 2020

The remaking will have to be kind of circular, in the sense that if it's changed in a constructive way those authoritarian types will be less attracted to it. At the same time, the process of recruitment will have to be designed to better screen out those people.

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Remaking police departments starts with the recruiting process. [View all] Raven Jun 2020 OP

The recruiting process finds people who will succeed in a brutally oppressive system. WhiskeyGrinder Jun 2020 #1

Well, I have been a part of the recruitment process in my municipality and Raven Jun 2020 #5

I think police work, at least as it is now, attracts people with authoritarian tendencies. The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2020 #2

A guy in my brother's shooting club wanted to be a cop Jarqui Jun 2020 #3

many police recruiting efforts deny hiring people becasue their IQ IS TOO HIGH beachbumbob Jun 2020 #4

I have a former colleague, whom I mentored CanonRay Jun 2020 #6