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Police Must Learn About Child Development Before Working With At-risk Youth [jjie.org]

 

Would a law enforcement officer hand a private citizen a gun and ask them to uphold the law without the completion of an officer’s standards and training course? The answer is a resounding no, because that would put people's lives in jeopardy.

Law enforcement is a serious profession with strict discipline and education. While each state and jurisdiction has different training requirements, officers receive extensive training before patrolling the streets and enforcing the law. Deciding to join the academy does not make someone a law enforcement officer. Completion of law enforcement academy and field training programs are mandatory before becoming a qualified officer.

The mere existence of police academies demonstrates the importance of training law enforcement officers to uphold the law.

[For more on this story by Kathleen Van Antwerp, go to http://jjie.org/2018/01/22/pol...-with-at-risk-youth/]

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