Post ASHLpTlBhYSIOClMOG by pwinn@qoto.org
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 (DIR) Post #ASHLpTKbIPBj3kK7wu by BrunoMcGee@newsie.social
       2023-01-29T18:56:47Z
       
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       @kingsley With each episode of egregious misbehavior by #police, I again wonder whether it would at all help if police #academies were a state-level entity (one per state), accredited and monitored by higher education, staffed by quality faculty, unmilitarized (no barracks), and had a rigorous 4 or 5 year curriculum that included social sciences. And local police departments could hire only such graduates. The graduates wouldn't have student debt, because the State paid their way.
       
 (DIR) Post #ASHLpTlBhYSIOClMOG by pwinn@qoto.org
       2023-01-29T20:03:35Z
       
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       @BrunoMcGee @kingsley The city in which I live requires at least a Bachelor’s degree for all police they hire, and whether that helps or not isn’t clear. There aren’t many issues here, but that could have as much to do with socioeconomics as the education requirement. And still this suburb is not completely without issues, according to people who look more like Kingsley than I do.I guess I think it might help, but the phrase “necessary but insufficient” comes to mind.
       
 (DIR) Post #ASHLpUJvcOFE7x16XY by kingsley@mastodon.world
       2023-01-29T20:08:37Z
       
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       @pwinn @BrunoMcGee I think you are on to something. I think it is a job that you should hire more diverse and educated  people. But we also need consequences for police brutality. No qualified immunity.  #News #Politics  #Race #BlackMastodon #BlackTwitter   #BackLivesMatter #BlackFediverse  #BlackFedi #BIPOC #BlackPolitics
       
 (DIR) Post #ASHLpUsfXE29rhGqgq by pwinn@qoto.org
       2023-02-02T19:36:15Z
       
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       @kingsley @BrunoMcGeeIt seems like a lot of departments have reasonable education requirements, and they don’t seem to help. For example:https://radleybalko.substack.com/p/tyre-nichols-wasnt-murdered-becauseEnding qualified immunity, that would clearly help. It might also result in understaffed police departments as cops quit rather than take out insurance policies, but that just sounds like it would help in two ways!
       
 (DIR) Post #ASJD5Rar0wkL21O42a by BrunoMcGee@newsie.social
       2023-02-02T21:05:32Z
       
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       @pwinn @kingsley yeah I guess "education" not coupled to concerted de-programming or some sort of weeding-out of unsuitable police academy cadets, wouldn't solve enough. If cops left service to avoid having to carry their own malpractice insurance, maybe resultant "right-sized" PDs would free up resources for the sort of non-cop/unarmed crisis intervention services that Denver and other places are trying.