I wrote a Ling critique of my 12 weeks of Detroit Police Traing (77T) it was bad..
I was then pegged as an Outsider and on my first day at Precinct 4 called a "sand nigger" I am Armenian - Ukrainian..
We were laid off 5 years ('80 - '85) and Detroit did another mass hiring - badly.
The Recertification was better with talk of Community Policing and some self defense tactics...
The problem is ...better screening before hiring, better background checks and most importantly - psychological testing...
There needs to be more frequent psychological testing because many cities are very stressful to patrol and the Departments need to be concerned.
Detroit had a bad Psych Consultant
(Scheiner) who upset officers and the problems persisted.
Bottom Line - if you hire better you get better Officers and then continually train and evaluate them..and give good support to officers under stress and in need of help.
Police functions and responsibilities need to be reevaluated, now..
City government agencies need to work with their police departments.
Moskowitz is Right On...
I wrote a Ling critique of my 12 weeks of Detroit Police Traing (77T) it was bad..
I was then pegged as an Outsider and on my first day at Precinct 4 called a "sand nigger" I am Armenian - Ukrainian..
We were laid off 5 years ('80 - '85) and Detroit did another mass hiring - badly.
The Recertification was better with talk of Community Policing and some self defense tactics...
The problem is ...better screening before hiring, better background checks and most importantly - psychological testing...
There needs to be more frequent psychological testing because many cities are very stressful to patrol and the Departments need to be concerned.
Detroit had a bad Psych Consultant
(Scheiner) who upset officers and the problems persisted.
Bottom Line - if you hire better you get better Officers and then continually train and evaluate them..and give good support to officers under stress and in need of help.
Police functions and responsibilities need to be reevaluated, now..
City government agencies need to work with their police departments.