Yes, our local police can join after high school, but to stay around, must
work on an undergraduate degree at a local university which has a criminal
justice program. No one without at least a BA will go anywhere.
Bill Pearce
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From: "Chuck Norcutt" <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, January 29, 2010 10:53 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] your smile of the decade
> Quite possibly true for many local cops but the New York State Police
> have much higher standards. Training is 26 weeks and, apart from
> passing a highly competitive exam, candidates must have a minimum of 2
> years of college education or 1 year with 2 years of military
> experience. Many candidates (such as my son did) have a full 4 year
> undergraduate or even graduate degree. But my son joined to be able to
> fly a helicopter and not because he really desired to be a cop. Even so
> he did spend 3 months on road patrol after graduation before the system
> caught up with him and discovered he was a qualified helicopter pilot.
>
> I looked it up and was surprised to see that the RCMP only require a
> high school diploma although training is 24 weeks.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
>
> John Hudson wrote:
>>
>> The real issue is that policing is a career that attracts, by and large,
>> low
>> grade and low calibre people and certainly not those with an under
>> graduate
>> degree level of capacity and intellect. Training is measured in only a
>> matter of months. It's the same the world over. In New York City not long
>> ago a beat cop issued a ticket to a very elderly lady who stopped on the
>> unbusy steps to city hall to re-tie her shoe laces. She was charged with
>> causing a public disturbance. Here in Canada a couple of years ago four
>> or
>> five RCMP tasered to death a Polish immigrant at Vancouver airport who
>> had
>> done nothing more than pick up a desk sized paper stapler.
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Donald" <d1956m198d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Friday, January 29, 2010 11:27 AM
>> Subject: Re: [OM] your smile of the decade
>>
>>
>>> Charles Geilfuss wrote:
>>>> Looks to be good fodder for a Monty Python skit. Is there really a
>>>> rule
>>>> against blowing ones nose or just some vaguely worded rule about full
>>>> control of your vehicle. Looks like Barney Fife has moved to the UK.
>>>>
>>>> Charlie
>>>>
>>> It's in the Highway Code. The advice isn't prescriptive; that is to say
>>> that, although blowing your nose is not specifically mentioned, if, in
>>> the opinion of a police officer, you do not have full control of your
>>> vehicle, you may be subject to caution.
>>>
>>> This particular flatfoot has form, though. But the fact that he's not
>>> been quietly told to be less zealous is worrying. He's obviously a
>>> prick, and it brings the whole legal system into disrepute.
>>>
>>> IMHO.
>>>
>>> D.
>>>
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