This does not represent any lowering of educational requirements. It is true that advanced education programs, even academic programs have become common. Most larger cities require graduation from a departmental police academy, and I believe many states now have certification requirements that include training. I see a growing public disenchantment with current policing programs, and I suspect that we will see advanced training programs and the development of research programs, particularly in improved arrest techniques. We have seen far too many police killings, not just by guns, but by suffocations and broken necks. And we have created pseudo-military police units all to anxious to get TV time with raids where none are needed. WE DO NOT NEED SS TROOPS IN AMERICA!!!!!!!
Many police officers are aware that the relationship needs to change. "Broken windows" policing is something out of Himmler's play-book. IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHO HEINRICK HIMMLER WAS, FIND OUT.
Our police need to be protecting the rights of civilians. Educated cops don't need billy clubs to teach. Teach police how to earn respect, not demand it.