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>>dtagam+(OP)
Some ideas:

- Less immunity, and discharge without pension for blatant violations, for example being caught on camera hiding a badge, or deliberately bumping into someone to be able to argue that they were "assaulted".

- Longer police traning. A 6-12months is how long you should train to be an unarmed mall security guy. Two or three years for a policeman seems like a minimum if you want qualified officers.

- Federal overview of all police and common frameworks for what is allowed and expected by police officers.

- Only qualified policemen should be allowed to be managers anywhere in the hierarchy (e.g. running for a Sheriff should require police traning and N years of experience).

- More training focus on deescalation, dialog and avoiding dangerous situations.

- Mental health screening. You don't want anyone who would become violent when in the wrong situation.

>>alkona+OO
Yes. And this is quite the opposite of the current “defund the police” initiative. We actually need to fund them more to get the above to happen.

>>z9e+U11
I think people are sick of departments getting more funds and buying mine protected vehicles instead of sending officers to deescalation refresher classes.