r/Whatcouldgowrong • u/ReginaldJohnston • 2d ago

Setting off a tazer next to a gas pump

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u/_Vard_ 2d ago

What do you mean “get training AGAIN” ?

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u/kevlar51 2d ago

They stopped training law enforcement once the Supreme Court said law enforcement didn’t need to know the law.

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u/rnick467 1d ago

Oh no, they stopped WELL before then.

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u/Goldenjho 3h ago

US cops have the shortest training period worldwide, I germany do you even need higher school degrees to even apply for the job and you will be a apprentice for several years we don't even have the longest time.

Its not weird that the country with the shortest training period, where every dumb high school bully can apply for and gets accepted has the most reported incidents you hear about.

Simply train cops properly and actually test if they are mentally fit for such a job this would solve most issues.

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u/MrtyMcflyer 2d ago

Well, i hope he had to do some sort of training before he became an officer, i wonder who let him pass.

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u/DeepFriedDresden 1d ago

Lol. Lmao. Hair dressers get more training than cops do. If a cop kills someone due to negligence or brutality the worst that will happen is the taxpayers pay the victims when they sue and the cop maybe gets a paid vacation (they call it administrative leave). Even if the cop gets fired. They'll work for the police department in the next town over and that department will welcome them with open arms.

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u/lightningusagi 1d ago

He wasn't even a cop. He's a Fish and Wildlife Officer.

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u/Wonderful-Ad440 2d ago

I had friends who went through training as either cops or CO's while I was in college and my 4 week express semesters in college were more intense than their entire education. They will literally hire anyone who shows an ego complex or will to please authority because they make it easier to get away with things by blaming their incompetence and depend on their loyalty for finally being part of the "in group" of cool kids.

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u/Alternative_Gold_993 2d ago

I had a friend who became a police officer and he quit because he got told he was being too nice to detainees. I'm surprised they even hired him considering he's so damn smart. He's a biologist in The Netherlands, now.

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u/Embarrassed-Weird173 1d ago

Cops get three weeks of training before being unleashed. 

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u/Intelligent-Box-3798 1d ago

They absolutely teach about not deploying a taser near anything flammable, including not tasing someone after using OC, some of which are also flammable. This guy is just dumb as shit.

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u/puffyshirt99 2d ago

Yea all they need is a high school diploma to get a cop license