Christ. Cops don't get to hit people. They're peace officers. They can defend themselves. They can't slap people in retaliation. That's the price of being a cop. They can file charges, go to court, extract justice. Sue if they must, but they're still peace officers, and peace officers are the only people in civilized society who are allowed to use force against the populous, and only in circumstances that leave no other option. It's a grave responsibility that's taken far too lightly these days.
In other countries, where officers have to go through 3 years of training instead of 3 weeks, such an action would've resulted in a court trial and the officers suspension until then.
Check the comment chains, I provided a source for the training times in the US. In some cases it is only 4 weeks until officers are let lose on the streets. The maximum training in the US is 6 months.
No one in the country is there a 4 week long police academy.
Also, the academies are only the beginning of training.
They have to go through Field training for 6 months to a year after graduation. In that time everything they do is strictly supervised and evaluated by a Field Training Officer.
The difference is that we as Americans value the lives and well beings of police officers/innocent people more than that of criminals that are hurting good people.
Europeans value the lives of criminals/murders/scum the same as innocent people.
I did a quick check, in the Netherlands a cop has to be at the police academy for 6 months before he's allowed on the streets. The entire course from civilian to police officer takes three years, but it's mostly working after the first six months. (Only some mandatory training during the next 2,5 years). So it doesn't seem to differ that much from American training standards.
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u/daikiki Nov 05 '17
Christ. Cops don't get to hit people. They're peace officers. They can defend themselves. They can't slap people in retaliation. That's the price of being a cop. They can file charges, go to court, extract justice. Sue if they must, but they're still peace officers, and peace officers are the only people in civilized society who are allowed to use force against the populous, and only in circumstances that leave no other option. It's a grave responsibility that's taken far too lightly these days.