Originally Posted by
alexw
The whole system needs to be rewritten from top to bottom, with decent pay, high standards, and high levels of ongoing training. It should be a serious profession like being a nurse or a doctor is.
It currently seems as if they pick a random body off the street, train them for a couple of weeks max, then give them a gun and a badge and let them loose. When they have to make life or death decisions on a daily basis that is asking for trouble.
Look at how other countries do it, take the best idea's from them, and use those as a model for reform.