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Originally Posted by simplicitus
From what I can tell standard police training is, "If you suspect there's any possible threat, kill it." And if there wasn't really a threat, then lie about it. It's a huge issue and there are literally people making good money who do nothing but "train" police that safety (i.e., eliminating any perceived threat) comes first. Excessive paranoia is literally taught.
I really recommend watching the first episode of Problem Areas for more detail, but to summarize - it varies a lot. There's ~no requirements or credentials in order to provide training to police forces, and Cenac focused in particular on this one guy who's a ****ing psycho and talks about policing being a "warrior mindset", about being on the front lines of a war, and showed a clip of his seminar saying that the night you go home after killing someone and heroically saving your own life you'll have the best sex you've ever had. It's ****ing ghoulish. And the money shot: Jeronimo Yanez (the officer who shot Philando Castile) took that guy's course.