...education be a requirement?
2006-11-20 09:31:50 · 4 answers · asked by CC 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
In the City of New York anyone wanting to be a Police Officer must have at least 60 college credits in order to qualify for the job. Each promotional level requires a written test and more college credits. A Lt. must have a four year degree. Any rank above Capt. i.e. Insp. Deputy Chief, etc. needs a Masters. The education level is present in the NYPD but in order to work with Youth you must display the ability to deal with them. The question is not one of education but rather the ability to separate the hardened criminals from those who are on the edge and can be turned around. I have spent the last 12 years of my career with NYPD in the School Safety Division as a Commander. There is such a thing as a "Bad Kid", and there is such a thing as a kid getting mixed up with a bad crowd. Make no mistake. The Bad Ones are murderers and drug dealers i.e. Bloods, Crips and the like. Saving the ones on the edge is the real talent needed in Law Enforcement.
2006-11-20 11:07:56 · answer #1 · answered by Tom M 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Cops are a particularly dirty breed that should've been phased out a long time ago and replaced with something else. Plenty of cops with a college education. I don't see them doing anything.
2006-11-20 17:34:56 · answer #2 · answered by vanamont7 7 · 0⤊ 4⤋
a major in psychology
2006-11-20 17:35:21 · answer #3 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the cops are all crooks, look at what happened to Rodney King
2006-11-20 17:34:02 · answer #4 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 7⤋