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lostnfound

(17,635 posts) Mon Jul 11, 2016, 11:17 AM Jul 2016

Police ought to be licensed, like airplane mechanics [View all]

You go to police school or get hired and trained, and you you earn your police license.

In the airplane business, mechanics burn and A&P license / certificate. if you are found to be pencil-whipping work that you're supposed to do, disregarding rules in a chronic and unsafe manner,you lose your license and are no longer an A&P. Because the public's safety is at risk.

An FAA review board, not employers, decide who loses their license.

Such a process drives home respect for public safety and certain standards of professionalism.

Right now, police are put on administrative leave during a review, and most of the time they are absolved and continue. But even when they are "let go", they go get hired by some other police department.

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Police ought to be licensed, like airplane mechanics [View all] lostnfound Jul 2016 OP

I've said many times that ALL cops should be subjected to the same screening a state cops are. tonyt53 Jul 2016 #1

Better yet, a national registry MurrayDelph Jul 2016 #8

Surely a pre-employment test could be used to uncover racism emulatorloo Jul 2016 #2

Implicit bias tests are pretty valuable loyalsister Jul 2016 #25

When I went through LE training, it included 440+ hours of classroom work jmg257 Jul 2016 #3

On what grounds can one lose one's state certification? lostnfound Jul 2016 #5

Great question - I do not know. Figure the municipality and state jmg257 Jul 2016 #9

Who administers the training? Act_of_Reparation Jul 2016 #6

Here is info for NY jmg257 Jul 2016 #10

Interesting Act_of_Reparation Jul 2016 #20

We had community training of course, bias trainng & whatnot. jmg257 Jul 2016 #21

This message was self-deleted by its author Native Jul 2016 #12

They are not. Native Jul 2016 #13

But that's true if there's 1 state out of 50 that doesn't have requirements. Igel Jul 2016 #16

Had a conversation with a former detective from NY about Florida cops Native Jul 2016 #17

Thank you jehop61 Jul 2016 #14

My comments weren't so much around having training as around having a license lostnfound Jul 2016 #24

They are commissioned in Missouri after attending a Police academy. gordianot Jul 2016 #4

Is it possible to lose one's commission? lostnfound Jul 2016 #7

Yes by misconduct usually a criminal conviction. gordianot Jul 2016 #11

And carry liability insurance. cloudbase Jul 2016 #15

That would certainly have an impact lostnfound Jul 2016 #28

Sounds like this is fairly common. Igel Jul 2016 #18

There are national standards for A&P mechanics lostnfound Jul 2016 #23

Police unions should provide liability insurance against actions by their members nt msongs Jul 2016 #19

Correct me if I'm wrong...but most police departments Kang Colby Jul 2016 #22

Idea is less about training than about a revokeable license lostnfound Jul 2016 #27

This is a good idea. deathrind Jul 2016 #26