Everyone Graduates ICE Killing Academy [View all]

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Two out of three recruits who once would have washed out are now put in the field

In Part 1, I showed that 66.5% of ICE's surge hires have no discernible prior law enforcement experience —contradicting the administration's claim that 85% are seasoned professionals. But even if ICE is hiring people with no police background, maybe the training academy catches the problems? Maybe the accelerated 6 days a week for 8-week ICE Academy crash boot camp course at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC) weeds out those who should not carry a badge and a gun?

What do you think?

Among ICE officers who left during their academy tenure, 74% quit. Only 26% were dismissed by the institution. This is not a good sign.

Normal law enforcement academies show the opposite pattern—the institution removes more people than quit. At ICE, the pattern is inverted—early exits are disproportionately voluntary quits rather than institutional removals.

What Academies Are Supposed to Do...

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