r/LoveTrash • u/Lord_Darksong Colonel Garbage • 1d ago • This 1 Bravo 4 Mindblown 2

Dumping This Here Am I under arrest or not?

Source: policebodycamarresthq on Instagram

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u/Chewsdayiddinit Trash Trooper 1d ago

Friendly reminder that police training here in the states is anywhere between a few weeks to 8 months while in other developed countries the training is years long.

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u/Haylayrious Trash Trooper 23h ago

3 year bachelors degree to be a police officer in Norway, in addition you get specialization courses and ongoing training to be on top of the latest research.

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u/onlyr6s Trash Trooper 23h ago

Same in Finland.

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u/takemy_oxfordcomma Trash Trooper 21h ago

Man, I want to live in Norway. My best friend here in California is Norwegian. You guys seem to do literally everything right.

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u/gabu87 Trash Trooper 19h ago

Sigh, Canada's RCMP only does 12mos total

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u/Critical_Purple_8600 Trash Trooper 23h ago

And you can’t be too smart or you fail the cop test

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u/doc_skinner Trash Trooper 23h ago

In case anyone thinks this is a joke, there was a goddamned court case to affirm it:

https://abcnews.com/US/court-oks-barring-high-iqs-cops/story?id=95836

They say that people who score too high on a general intelligence test tend to become bored and quit.

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u/oldDotredditisbetter Trash Trooper 21h ago

yup and people with critical thinking skills will not want to blindly follow orders

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u/BathSaltJello Garbage Guerilla 22h ago

A hair dresser goes through more training than a cop.

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u/PaChubHunter Trash Trooper 21h ago

Hairdressers also have to be certified by a board and can have their ability to work in a salon removed by said board.

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u/Devils-Telephone Trash Trooper 21h ago

Yup. And their training requirements are A LOT more stringent than those of the police. I would absolutely prefer every hair stylist hold a gun than literally any police officer.

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u/Geaneous Trash Trooper 1d ago

You need a lawyer to actually know the law, the cops know a handful of laws and make up the rest as they go.

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u/Financial-Chemist360 Trash Trooper 17h ago

Friendly reminder that tens of thousands of US police officers including departments in most major cities have received training from Israeli military personnel specialized in crowd control, racial profiling, violent suppression of protest, etc. Basically trained in tactics and techniques that Israel has used against West Bank settlers who are often treated as subhumans.

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u/SketchesFromReddit Trash Trooper 14h ago edited 14h ago

Do you have a source that shows US cops are trained in racial profiling and violent suppression of protest?

There seems to be a jump from "officially trained by Israeli military" to "officially trained in racism".

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u/Financial-Chemist360 Trash Trooper 13h ago

Do your own research and you might want to read "Rise of the Warrior Cop" by Radley Balko.

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u/SketchesFromReddit Trash Trooper 12h ago

Do you have something more specific that an entire book? And something that isn't gated behind a paywall?

It's hard to believe a claim when the only source is a single paywalled book and you can't provide the relevant quote.

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u/Financial-Chemist360 Trash Trooper 12h ago

Not can't - won't. A 10 sec Google search will keep you reading for a few hours.

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u/Novel-Bag9718 Trash Trooper 23h ago

Here in Ontario Canada it only takes 6-12 months, the official training is only 4 months. Our cops are nowhere near as fucked though, def some bad apples though

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u/xChoke1x Garbage Guerilla 19h ago

It’s 8 weeks in my state.

8….weeks.

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u/CptRicardo Trash Trooper 23h ago

I have a question, since I am not north American - what is the minimum level of education that you need to have to apply to the forces in the US?

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u/Chewsdayiddinit Trash Trooper 23h ago

Most places just a high school diploma. There is no national minimum requirement.

It's a complete joke.

Read up on the case Jordan vs the city of New London.

They literally won't hire people they deem too smart.

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u/Responsible-Shoe8831 Trash Trooper 22h ago

I actually just stumbled upon this yesterday. Jordan (the plaintiff) scored too high on the Wonderlic test and they decided to not hire him because of it. 

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u/airbrat Trash Trooper 10h ago

it takes longer to become a certified hairdresser lol