Do I even need to make the comment that the article is an opinion piece and not a factual report?
It mostly talked about budget and recruiting numbers which has nothing to do with quality of training.
It mentioned lowering the minimum age limit, but 1. did not specify which jobs it did that for and 2. lowered it to 18; a legal adult. The same age as military and some LE offices. Again, this has nothing to to with quality of training.
The only small point of contention was this which goes along with your 2nd post I quoted...
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Yes I even read the articles that were linked. Nothing addressed actual training. It says some recruits weren't able to meet physical standards and/or some failed tests. However it completely failed to address what happens after. If it's like every other LE training program they don't move forward until they can pass or eventually wash out. They don't just toss everything in the trash and let unqualified officers into the field. One more thing, it didn't address at which part of the recruitment/training process these tests took place. Was it the first, last or any day in between of training. To interject some hyperbole to make a point; you wouldn't expect to pass every homework assignment and test on your first day of class would you?
Oh, and that linked ABC news article also did more dishonest reporting. The beginning talked about recruits starting the training program before fully vetted. That is to say so the process could be shortened by getting a jump on training it while waiting for vetting results. It made a half-hearted onc sentence mention that anyone who failed the vetting process was dismisses; ie. did not continue training et alone go into the field.
This is 100% the no IQ, emotionally driven, intellectually dishonest shitlibery I was talking about in one of my earlier posts. Not even counting these articles are opinion pieces, the "facts" that are used are not the full truth. This is the type of shit those with zero critical thinking ability lap up and regurgitate as full factual evidence like the dimwitted NPC's they are. Oh look this opinion article with half truths reenforces my NPC opinion. I better get on my morally superior high horse and start lecturing these half truth opinion pieces to everyone. It's more than past time to cut the crap.