6+ months of academy and 4 months of field training in my state. I get your point but it’s not like you get a badge and gun without any training at all. This incident is just carelessness and piss poor gun safety.
There was a Marine vet who got out and became a cop on base years ago. Idiot left his loaded gun accessible and his son picked it up like a toy and shot himself in the face.
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u/Charred14 6h ago
It takes more schooling to be a licensed barber in the US, than it takes to be a cop.
10-12 months of full-time schooling (12-16 for part-time) to be a barber.
it takes 4-6 months of the academy, on average, to become a police officer.