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I'm much more concerned by "(excluding domestic violence)"
Domestic violence is ok, but have you smoked weed the last year?
That's encouraged. It's considered honing your skills while off the clock.
Must be applying to be a cop
OP explain yourself
If that were an issue they'd need to fire a staggering number of cops
Either domestic violence is "okay," or even they know that the whole "someone has to get arrested" thing is bullshit.
They know who they're hiring. I'm just surprised they said the quiet part out loud: "It's okay if you're dangerously violent, everyone here is, so long as you only do it in private. "
Probably need to be 21 to start, and the onboarding process is at least 6 months.
Which makes sense because many states require you to be 21 to carry a handgun.
Fake. No maximum education requirements, no maximum test score limits.
Those exist, for sure. They just don't say it.
If I were to guess... the onboarding/training takes 6 months, so they want applicants to be at least 21 by the time they are fully certified.
Imagine having a police officer who couldn't go into a bar.
That is not even close to being a problem. Age requirements make sense, and so does that of.
It's the rest of the shit that's a problem.
Idk what it's like in the US, but in the UK age discrimination is illegal as a protected characteristic.
In the US, at least federally, you are protected against age discrimination only if you are over 40. You can discriminate against younger people on the grounds of their age all you want.
Which, incidentally, governments on all levels (federal, state, local) happily do all the time with inconsistent ages of majority depending on the topic at hand:
- 16: Age to get a driver's license.
- 18: Age to vote, enter into contracts, buy a rifle or shotgun, legally considered "adulthood," except...
- 21: Age to drink, smoke, or buy a handgun, and...
- 25: Age before which no rental car agency will rent a car to you. (Go figure.)
Don't forget hotel rooms!
this post was submitted on 14 Mar 2024
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