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Police officer certification and licensure in the United States
In the United States, certification and licensure requirements for law enforcement officers vary significantly from state to state.[1][2] Policing in the United States is highly fragmented,[1] and there are no national minimum standards for licensing police officers in the U.S.[3] Researchers say police are given far more training on use of firearms than on de-escalating provocative situations.[4] On average, US officers spend around 21 weeks training before they are qualified to go on patrol, which is far less than in most other developed countries.[4][5]
- ^ a b Jeffrey S. Magers, "Police Officer Standard and Training Commissions (POST Commissions)" in Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement: International (ed. Larry E. Sullivan: SAGE, 2005), pp. 349-351.
- ^ Steven G. Brandl, Police in America (SAGE, 2015), p. 105.
- ^ Steven M. Cox, Susan Marchionna & Brian D. Fitch, Introduction to Policing (SAGE, 2015).
- ^ a b "How US police training compares with the rest of the world". BBC News. 2021-05-17. Retrieved 2021-05-18.
- ^ "What Are Police Like in Other Countries?". Council on Foreign Relations. Retrieved 2021-06-24.
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