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Originally Posted by Tealeaf
Real policing is learnt over the next two years as a probationary police officer – and that is the apprenticeship. It makes far more sense to get rid of half a year’s college jinks and train these guys on the job from the start.
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That I can agree with, like the military you sign up for X years service so those investing in you get a return for their money. Whereas with this little beaut they are looking for volunteers so they're once again trying to get Policing on the cheap, but without the stigma of "Placebo Plods".
As you say better to invest from the off, decent wages, training & you'll get decent Coppers with a will to get the job done & who are prepared to commit to a life in uniform. As to all the other problems they've to contend with, well a decent government should be standing right behind their law enforcement elements & making their job easier as opposed to more difficult & taking away constrictions/red tape & let them do their job, nicking scumbags & scrotes !