Posted on 07/24/2017 3:01:05 PM PDT by grundle
The Minnesota police officer who fatally shot Justine Damond was put on an accelerated police cadet program that required only seven months of training, a nontraditional route that aims to help those who have a college degree enter law enforcement.
Mohamed Noor, 31, shot Damond, 40, after she called 911 to report a sexual assault behind her home. When she approached the driver’s side of the squad car, Noor fired from the passenger side, across his partner, killing Damond.
The Minnesota Police Department has been under fire since the July 15 shooting. Many have questioned Noor’s experience and training after only graduating in 2015. However, former Police Chief Janeé Harteau, who resigned last week, stood by Noor’s training.
“We have a very robust training and hiring process,” Harteau told reporters at a news conference last Thursday. “This officer completed that training very well, just like every officer. He was very suited to be on the street."
But others believe the fast-track program could leave officers ill prepared handle real-world police scenarios.
“The cadet program is rigorous, no doubt,” James Densley, a criminal justice associate professor at Metropolitan State University in St. Paul, told the Star Tribune, “but it is also an immersive paramilitary experience, taught by practitioner faculty without advanced degrees, and I suspect it leaves students with a limited view of the profession.”
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Thank you for not sticking this on your blog and claiming credit for it.
When do the Aussie riots start?
Thank you for posting this. Much appreciated.
- Megan
A fast track to violence and death for civilians he encounters.
He should never have been sworn in,incredible how police standards have slipped across this country.
He’s Somali.
Fast-tracked onto the force, and now he’ll be fast-tracked back out on patrol.
He was very suited to be on the street.”
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Yeah as a homeless person...
or a male prostitute/street walker...
Some advice and an opinion:
Advice: Steer clear of Minneapolis. Identity politics trumps all here. The city was already becoming increasingly dangerous, even before the police started shooting citizens.
Opinion: Noor will see little more than a slap on the wrist, if even that. After all, Jeronimo Yanez was acquitted for killing Philando Castille in St Anthony (Minneapolis suburb). To acquit a white cop (like George Zimmerman, Yanez was a “white Hispanic”) for killing a black man and then prosecute a black cop for killing a white woman would raise a political storm in a city already torn by racial strife.
The “white Hispanic” comment is not my opinion, but it illustrates just how utterly insane the left and its identity politics have become.
Lol! The fact that it’s taught by practitioners without “advanced degrees” is a really good thing. Rotfl!
It’s no coincidence that the police became more militarized as more and more of what is laughably called “behavioral science” weaseled it’s way into law enforcement.
He was given a gun although he is not qualified. The author of this policy is the mayor and she must resign.
Diversity for its own sake can kill you...
Wonder how many native born Americans were crowded out to free up his spot?
It just did.
One - although, as Thomas Sowell pointed out, he probably was advanced over more than a few white men for the one billet he was given. Each one of whom has a right to feel aggrieved, even tho only one billet is taken by it.
Minnesota is under extreme pressure to kiss muslim azz.
Yes, that is what I was referring to.
“Fast tracked” officer should be fast tracked to the electric chair.
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