In Arkansas and Indiana, you can become a police officer without any formal training.

well not @ all.

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_...indiana_you_can_become_a_cop_without_any.html

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n afternoon of sept. 8, 2012, white police officer in town of alexander, arkansas, shot , killed 30-year-old black man named carleton wallace. officer, nancy cummings, told investigators had detained wallace after noticing pistol tucked in waistband, threw wooded area upon seeing her. according cummings’ account, while patting wallace down service weapon accidentally discharged , struck him in back. wallace taken hospital, pronounced dead. cummings, placed on administrative leave department , charged manslaughter in connection incident, had joined alexander police force 8 months earlier. alexander’s then-police chief admitted in interview week after wallace’s death, cummings had not yet received training or certification state. not scheduled attend police academy until following year.

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from op's link:

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how alexander police department employ officer had not yet gone through of state-mandated training? because according arkansas state law, it’s legal so. specifically, said brian marshall, deputy director of office of law enforcement standards, arkansas law states person can work police officer 9 months—with possibility of three-month extension in extraordinary circumstances—before required complete state’s three-month training course. , long new recruit passes 50-round firearms qualification test—that means hitting target 80 percent of time 25 yards away—the department can legally arm gun.

according marshall, law more lenient until recently: prior change in regulations last year, newly hired officers go long 20 months before being certified, , did not have pass firearm qualifications test prior entering academy in order carry weapon.

arkansas not state in country such policy. indiana has similar law, david younce of indiana law enforcement academy told me: new officers must complete training , receive certification state before first anniversary on job. in order carry weapon must pass firearms qualification test similar 1 in arkansas.

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good god, stupid runs thick in states, doesn't it?

* sigh. *

 

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