http://www.newsense.org/batons-for-books/ Mon, 04 Apr 2011 21:07:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.newsense.org/batons-for-books/comment-page-1/#comment-17 TDOT-J Tue, 23 Feb 2010 03:31:51 +0000 http://newsense.org/?p=38#comment-17 I appreciate the comment and you are absolutely right, a post secondary education alone will not solve anything. I believe what we need to develop is a 3 or 4 year program that is a prereq to joining the police force. The program should be much more extensive than the current police programs available today and these cadets should be educated in culture, psychology, politics, etc... a renaissance police force if you will. We can no longer afford to have ignorance be a part of an overseeing force that has a license to detain and/or kill. I appreciate the comment and you are absolutely right, a post secondary education alone will not solve anything. I believe what we need to develop is a 3 or 4 year program that is a prereq to joining the police force. The program should be much more extensive than the current police programs available today and these cadets should be educated in culture, psychology, politics, etc… a renaissance police force if you will. We can no longer afford to have ignorance be a part of an overseeing force that has a license to detain and/or kill.

]]> http://www.newsense.org/batons-for-books/comment-page-1/#comment-14 Greg Reinhardt Mon, 22 Feb 2010 10:13:57 +0000 http://newsense.org/?p=38#comment-14 The requirement of post-secondary education at first glance seems to make sense. However, if true, then neither Minneapolis or St Paul,MN. would be in the top tier of cities with reported police abuse. Minnesota requires at least a two year college degreee for POST certifcation. Something else must be driving reporting rates. The requirement of post-secondary education at first glance seems to make sense. However, if true, then neither Minneapolis or St Paul,MN. would be in the top tier of cities with reported police abuse. Minnesota requires at least a two year college degreee for POST certifcation. Something else must be driving reporting rates.

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