Originally Posted by
GeeRam
What works for Armed Services doesn't work in the Police...... due to the very nature of the job, and basic Police skills learnt 'on the beat' that you take through the ranks, and this direct entry nonsense is one of several reasons why the Police Service in the UK has lost its way and become 'far too politicalized'.
Spot on, the delusion that the Police is a domestic version of the military has poisoned Police/Community relations here in the US, with the Police seen as an occupying force rather than as a member of the community. The police and the armed services have very different roles and it is both harmful as well as stupid to try to mix them, with Mexico currently the poster child.