Training the Police
"(S)ome speakers at training conferences tell officers that pushback against conventional policing is a media invention. Others demonize civilian protesters and reformers, describing them as loud voices holding minority opinions. Still others say police should maintain a “warrior mentality” to weather the rigors of what they describe as the most dangerous job outside of military service. (In reality, law enforcement is the 22nd most dangerous occupation, safer than roofing and collecting garbage, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries)."
At the Washington Post, Robert Klemko describes companies who specialize in telling officers that they’re doing a great job, that violent confrontations are to be expected and even encourag
ed, and that they can refuse to enforce laws they believe to be unconstitutional.