krishna bound

4y

it's a complicated issue to me. i'm not a person who blindly thinks cops are devils but I also don't refrain from condemning them as a group. the issue to me seems to be how easy it is to become a cop, and the type of people the job attracts because of the elevated power level/dynamic as well as good pay and few qualifications. I have friends that work in the police force and they literally only work there because they failed at getting into any other job or getting through college. They've told me when going through the program they just straight up realized everyone else there was either an idiot or a straight up terrible person.
The demographic/geographics of the country (things like poor distinct lining) along with these factors really create a bad environment on both sides. I wonder how much of the tension around cops would be fixed simply by raising requirements significantly, like requiring 4 year degrees and more serious psyche testing upfront, and also allowing people from the community being policed to join said force. I dunno, I don't really have the answer to this one.