All the time we hear about police officers making really bad decisions when it comes to applying force. Especially when using weapons. In one of the debates I read about "How Can Police Do a Better Job of Recruiting Officers?" Changes in the recruitment of officers in departments are taking place. Police agencies have had trouble finding well-qualified and racially diverse applicants. Some ways they were talking about is we should hire more females. Females in law enforcement receive fewer complaints than the males. All we usually hear about is white males causing most of the problems. It seems that females will use less force rather than the men who uses their authority. Another way we could help is recruiting more military veterans. Even though many departments do this already, it can be helpful for them to take a sensitivity training course before. Veterans are also already used to protecting and serving others. No matter what way the departments recruit, they need to start doing a better job for our community.
-Deja McClanahan
I definitely agree about using veterans as police officers because they are already trained and conditioned to handle intense situations especially when you have to ably force to the situation.
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