Street Cop Training

The Training Cops Deserve.

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Learn your job. Don’t let a defense attorney be your teacher that will embarrass the sh*t out of you in front of a whole room of people.

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Don’t kill yourself. Your pain may be intolerable. You will be transferring it to all those who love you dearly. I know you’re hurting but that’s not the answer.

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Your coworkers are not your friends. They’re your coworkers that you get a long with well. Just keep it that way and find friends outside of work.

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Don’t let your ego get in the way of good decisions and constitutionality. Leave your emotions in the parking lot when you start the shift. You’re a professional. Act like it.

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Be in good physical shape. Not just for the inevitable fights but for the rescues especially. People need you to save their lives in an emergency. Remember that next time you’re eating garbage and skipping the gym.

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Don’t lose your job over the crazy bitch you’re dating.

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The trust of others is one of the most valuable assets a human being can possess.

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Having recruitment problems? Here’s a hack. Have a fantastic administration that clearly supports their cops and your problems will be solved. Oddly enough this will also resolve your retention problems at the same time.

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Guess what, every single one of us has f*cked up, let someone go that we shouldn’t have, missed drugs, etc. It’s part of the job and the fact that you’re losing sleep over it shows you’re one of the greats. Now go back to sleep and now you know for the next one.

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Maybe when you see these cops completely exhausted and can barely stay awake consider that their sh*t city management has made things so bad that they’ve been forced to work non stop 16 hour shifts and have been forced in on their days off. They’re only human and they’re still trying their best.

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It’s hard when you’re a new cop trying to find yourself and what demeanor works best for the job. So here’s a cheat code. Sounding like a robotic dickhead is never going to work out well for you. The best cops in this business are the friendliest. Learn that.

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You must give yourself some grace. We are all human. We all make mistakes.

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Shit morale starts at one place for a police department and that’s where the cops feel completely unsupported.

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You don’t need to fear Rodriguez v United States (2015). You need to understand what rules it set and just follow the rules. Why do so many cases fall victim to this? Because you were never taught how to articulate reasonable suspicion. I’ve fixed that.

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Anytime you're being taught by someone based on their opinion be extremely wary about what you’re listening to. I have come across a ton of people who had some title that said they were in charge but were absolutely clueless.

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If I could just get you to make passenger side approaches, never jump onto or into fleeing cars, and stop telling people you’re suspicious while they’re still sitting in the drivers seat.

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I find it amazing that agencies bear no responsibility for training their men and women but when those same men and women make a mistake they punish them for not knowing better.