600 NYPD Police Officers Consider Leaving the Force

[hughee99]

70. There are 3 core problems with police, that all need to be addressed by local leaders.

1. Are you hiring people who are capable of doing the job the way it should be done (people with the right temperament and attitude to do the job)
2. Are you training them properly so they know how to do their job properly
3. Are you holding them accountable when they don't do their job properly.

If the local leaders aren't doing all three of these things, they're going to have problems. There are many places where there are "good police" because police departments do those three things. In my experience, this is more likely to happen in smaller communities, though, because local leaders are more in touch with the local people, and have to be responsive or they don't keep their jobs. That's not always the case as small-town corruption is definitely a thing, but it's more likely to find a well-managed police force in smaller communities.