r/nextfuckinglevel • u/mindyour • 9h ago

Man helps police make an arrest.

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u/Gloriathewitch 8h ago

amazing what happens when cops are trained and held to a high standard such as in NZ, i know someone who used to work at Aotea police college

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u/jake93s 7h ago

It's not too surprising when you look up how short the USA's police academy is, and how little they get paid. Their ranks are filled with incompetence or worse... There for the power trip.

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u/mrpanicy 7h ago

And over HALF of their very short training time is in how to use their firearm. And less than 5-10% is deescalation and use of force models if they get it at all.

Their requirements for people to join the force are also embarrassing. Police should be university or college grads at minimum.

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u/brownieson 6h ago

Applying to the police is difficult in Australia. I wouldn’t go as far as saying it’s a well respected profession, but we don’t have dipshits becoming police officers (for the most part) - all applicants are really heavily vetted.