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Bernardo de La Paz

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2. It's guilds erecting barriers to entry. Meanwhile ... police officers ...

Reply to msongs (Reply #1)

Thu Nov 25, 2021, 05:05 PM

Nov 2021

The average US police department requires fewer hours of training than what it takes to become a barber or a plumber

Police departments on average require officers to complete 672 hours of basic training before joining the force, according to data collected by the Institute for Criminal Justice Training Reform.

https://www.insider.com/some-police-academies-require-fewer-hours-of-training-plumbing-2020-6

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1500 hours of training sounds a tad high for a barber. that's 37 weeks @ 40 hrs/wk nt msongs Nov 2021 #1

It's guilds erecting barriers to entry. Meanwhile ... police officers ... Bernardo de La Paz Nov 2021 #2

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