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The Pros And Cons Of Police Departments

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I do believe that police departments, including police officers, need more training to better themselves and change with the times, but this military program would be a rude awakening to both the force and the community. “Sending a heavily armed team of officers to perform “normal” police work can dangerously escalate situation that needs never have involved violence” (ACLU, 2017.) Having undertrained officers can be just as dangerous as overtrained officers.
I completely agree with critics that the program is too extreme and isn’t necessary for community police who face citizens every day compared to military facing enemies in war. Another argument against militarized police is that the military was formed and exist to defeat the enemies
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