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in Texas that they missed the wider point, which is that this training technique is used across the nation and has resulted in injuries and deaths across the nation, and is unlikely to be reformed. This is an institutional problem. Some people do love to shit on other states tho.

Sounds barbaric as practiced, but also like something that's would be useful if there were some standards in place.

I've met prospective cops who've never been in a real fight in their lives, never been grabbed or restrained, never been hit by a stranger for no reason. Some people absolutely lose control, mentally, when that happens, and you don't want them armed or in authority. It would be good to fail them out here so they don't get others or themselves hurt or killed. You can't really filter for that asking people "Would you pick up a non poisonous snake?", "Do you think about death?" and "If you were a color, what would you be?".

Now, in the military they do similar exercises and more, but there is expert medical help, supervision, evac, etc... right there if there's trouble. Why wouldn't they do that much here?

My youngest grandson is dead set on becoming a cop.

But it was rare, since it took so long to put the gear on. If we had to use techniques, it'd be done with precision, never power. It was a big rule never to use power when practicing.

Of course, we'd have weekly spars, but we'd have regular padding on, and we knew how much power to use. It was accuracy, speed, and prediction which was usually key.