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Somehow this is the only country on earth where this seems to happen. When talking about shootings involving guns, okay, fine, the US is certainly an outlier there, but every country has cars and police.

This is murder.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I recall from a few years ago that they were actively looking for less intelligent candidates, it was a big news thing for a while

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, I mean I looked it up before my first comment here. Here are the requirements:

Restrictions and Requirements

You'll need to:

  • pass enhanced background checks
  • be over 18 years of age

You will also need to pass a fitness test.

There's a bunch of general stuff in the skills section, but basically it seems like you would pretty much talk your way through an interview.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And?

Everybody has to start somewhere and there are different types of police officers. Those that write only parking tickets do not have the same level of training as the ones with the guns.They still receive better training than anywhere in the US and there are still factors less killings every day by police than in the US.

It may not be perfect but it's not THAT bad

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You're speaking as if I'm saying anything about whether that's good or bad. All I did was offer the correction that European police aren't necessarily well educated.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

My bad. I just read another comment complaining THAT UK police was the same as the US. I thought your comment was a continuation of that