obsertaries t1_j079nc6 wrote
The way I see it, America doesn’t have “the police”, it has 17,000 different police organizations that all have their own standards and don’t necessarily communicate with each other at all. To many people this is a feature, not a bug, as they want local standards over stuff like policing and not national standards.
Mike7676 t1_j07k6qt wrote
And more factions within those organizations. I have cop friends in the SAPD and wouldn't want to paint them with the same douchebag brush as Officer Fuckhead up there but...you wear the same uniform you are going to be judged the same. I didn't know the jackass's at Abu Ghraib but suddenly the locals were a bit reluctant to talk to us after that horseshit came out.
obsertaries t1_j07yy5c wrote
Yeah, a complete lack of consistency or shared standards. In a sense, that’s the “system” of policing in America.
chuckles65 t1_j0832fh wrote
There are state standards, each state has a governing body that certifies law enforcement officers. It is possible to lose your certification, but how that happens varies from state to state.
obsertaries t1_j08amhz wrote
I didn’t know that. Why haven’t I ever heard of a state de-certifying a police department, in spite of (gestures at everything)?
chuckles65 t1_j08eaz2 wrote
Individual officers are certified not departments. It is public record.
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