Law Enforcement should be a profession, just like doctors and nurses.

Formal education. Licensing with a college whose role is to protect the public. Malpractice insurance. Requirements to remain current, and eligible to practice.

You don’t need to study to become a police officer in the US? OMFG! You have to study 1.5-2 years in the UK and then spend months in the field under supervision as an apprentice.

The duration of the training in the Police Academy varies for the different agencies. It usually takes about 13 to 19 weeks on average but can last up to six months.

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Up to six months… Yikes.

In the software engineer industry, if you spent a year in a coding bootcamp, I still wouldn’t trust you to know what you’re doing.

Ehhhh… That’s misleading.

In many places to be eligible for the academy you’d have to have an associates or bachelors degree.

But again, location dependant.