Wouldn't be surprised if it was nobody. Any police jurisdiction can get some cool looking black gear, give it to some officers and say they are SWAT now.
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Huh. Apparently there are 0 official requirements for SWAT. Thats depressing. Learn something new everyday.
Well, some areas may or may not come up with requirements for jurisdictions within them, but there's no large scale standardisation or anything. IIRC, Los Angeles came up with their SWAT team first, making up the rules as they went along, it just turned out to be a good idea and others copied. Some departments might send an officer to be trained as SWAT by some other area that has a good reputation, and there's lots of ex-military or ex-police running private training for various groups, some police take those courses as private individuals, not officially.
Hey, that's a good thing to ask: do other countries have any national standards at all for police training? 'Cause I'm pretty sure the US doesn't
I think each Australian State or Territory run their own similar, but not quite the same, training at one facility per State/Territory.
The Australian Federal Police are a bit different, though they aren't normal police.
Black church calls police after ‘suspicious’ white man visits during service
On high alert after multiple mass shootings in recent weeks, officials at Fellowship Bible Baptist Church, a predominantly black congregation in Warner Robins, Georgia, called police after a
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It honestly freaked me the fuck out when I found out America doesn't. Like seems like the writing has always been on the wall. Like all cops are bastards but US police are a violent poorly regulated militia that are closer to the fucking Taliban than any developed country's police force.
Australian police forces are trained on a state and territory basis, each run through a police college. On average it takes one year - though I think Victoria is eighteen months - to become a probationary constable.
Likewise joining a state or territory police tactical unit has requirements. For example the AFP (our FBI) requires at minimum two years of sworn policing duties be undertaken before someone is allowed to apply to join Specialist Response Group; after applying they go through, and I quote, “psychological, psychometric and physical fitness testing. Applicants must also complete an integrity assessment, security clearance, panel interview and a medical examination.”
After that, if they pass, are sent on the actual selection course. Now the individual nuances of these tend to vary, but it’s worth noting that all police tactical units undertake training every year with both the Special Air Service Regiment and 2nd Commando Regiment on certain aspects of their skill sets: mainly breaching, sniping, and close quarter combat.
Finnish police basic training lasts for 3 years. Requirements are high school or vocational school education. Good health, eye sight and hearing. No criminal record or under on going investigation. Finnish citizen. Drivers license.
There's also an entry exam with psychological and fitness tests. A writing exam. An interview. And some group work tests.
Random bit of trivia, in NSW, apparently some of that training is done at the site of the former Lithgow Small Arms Factory. Its more or less abandoned after Howard sold Australian arms manufacturing out to Thales, and they can't develop it because of concerns about what chemicals were used, so just past where the museum is is a bunch of old building nobody minds being flashbanged.
Kentucky Police Requirements:
"He's Tanner's cousin, good boy."
"He's Tanner's cousin, good boy."
Ireland has 2 years training and most our cops don't have guns. And an in depth vetting process. I know someone whose boyfriend was applying for the Gardai and they looked into her immediate family for any criminal history too. You'll also be stationed away from your hometown. Still fucking rampant with corruption mind you. But considering that even our ostensibly well regulated police force is rotten to the core it amazes me that anyone can think the US cops can be trusted with anything.
My old church in Detroit had a security team since the early 80s. Some of thieves tried to break in to the church, and this happened more than once. The security has been there before either my brother and I were born. After that security, the church rarely had any trouble.Bullet dodged? Also kind of depressing that a church has a security team, or even just that they feel they need one.Black church calls police after ‘suspicious’ white man visits during service
On high alert after multiple mass shootings in recent weeks, officials at Fellowship Bible Baptist Church, a predominantly black congregation in Warner Robins, Georgia, called police after a
See, that comes across as so weird to me as a European. It's not that churches, cathedrals and/or monasteries here on the old continent don't have security, they do, but actual security guards is mostly limited to the ones that are tourist spots and/or contain historically important artefacts and art, and they're more there to stop vandalism and theft. Your bog standard local church tho has more passive security, like cameras and alarms, at best. There's one on the corner of my street, used by an evangelical congregation, and I'd be surprised if that has security more stringent than a lock on the door.
Reminds me of Venice. I swear it's like every second church has a Titian, and nary a guard I recall seeing.
Although, of course, making a getaway from Venice may be a little harder than it is from most cities.
Oh yes, that disgraceful nonsense. Is that still before a tribunal or court? I haven't heard anything recently.
'That' makes it sound like there was only one incident. All the incidents covered by the Brereton Inquiry have more or less been swept under whatever rugs were laying around. Government wanted quick, simple solutions such as chucking a few low ranked personnel under the bus not a wholesale examination of the cultures and RoEs of the units involved.
Only the 2 alleged incidents involving Ben Roberts-Smith are still getting oxygen and that's because he's suing national media outlets.