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10. Perfect. give kids pumped up on testosterone a gun and qualified immunity

Sun Mar 26, 2023, 04:36 PM

Mar 2023

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Ohio bill lowering police officer minimum age gets support from young officers [View all] RandySF Mar 2023 OP

Probably because nobody samplegirl Mar 2023 #1

If you can join the military at 18, you should be able to be a cop. jimfields33 Mar 2023 #4

I respectfully disagree. They are completely different situations. CrispyQ Mar 2023 #13

Great Catch ProfessorGAC Mar 2023 #15

Are you kidding? They make better $$$ than most everyone. we can do it Mar 2023 #5

one thing I learned from research treestar Mar 2023 #8

They just raised the starting salary here madville Mar 2023 #18

There are very few agencies in California Mr.Bill Mar 2023 #6

I will say that doesn't seem to be common outside of California dsc Mar 2023 #9

We have an academy like that, too. Mr.Bill Mar 2023 #11

So many cops already demonstrate childish, and ego driven behavior. rsdsharp Mar 2023 #3

the rookies look like little kids to me these days treestar Mar 2023 #7

Perfect. give kids pumped up on testosterone a gun and qualified immunity Fullduplexxx Mar 2023 #10

Bad idea Bayard Mar 2023 #12

We don't trust 18-21 year-olds to responsibly handle a beer but it's a Phoenix61 Mar 2023 #16

Sooner they can do their 20 and out, and go for that second pension job. TheBlackAdder Mar 2023 #21

I know some that started at 19 madville Mar 2023 #19