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The police training in the US is different to the extent that the government, laws, and culture are different. I am not aware of agencies of any size here that rely on local citizen advisors to conduct the actual LEO training , unless those trainers were themselves either practitioners, or experts in a specific discipline such as law, medicine, or defensive tactics. And there is no real and cohesive 'top down' move toward change, because there is no 'top'...we have no primary nationalized police force to speak of, or training directorate - unlike say the German LE agencies. Each state, county, and municipality has its own law enforcement structure, and the politics of getting to be in charge of that structure dominate police policy, which in turn influences training. Under the precepts of the exclusionary rule, qualified and absolute immunity, and vicarious liability, there is a heavy reliance on US Supreme Court rulings in training police what to do or not to do. Miranda is one such made notorious by TV and Hollywood, but graduates from an American police academy should be equally cognizant of Garner (use of deadly force), Terry (pat downs), Mapp (search and seizure), and a host of others. At the end of the day however, there are going to be those who are dishonest and unstable with badges that no amount of words on paper will dissuade... Just like in every other profession, and every other place.
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