With all that has been going on with law enforcement, the protest and everything, I find myself angry. Angry that people think that these officers that have had to use force to stop a situation and had it turn into the death of the suspect is something that these officers just take lightly is ignorant. OFFICERS DO NOT WANT TO USE THEIR WEAPONS! THEY DO NOT WANT TO TAKE A LIFE! THEY ARE HERE TO HELP PREVENT ALL OF THIS! But people break that law. People do not listen to the authority. Or what I should say is people do not see the authority that officers should have and just blow them off and then things escalate.
Well one thing I am learning is its not just officers. People are not being taught to respect people anymore. In the past 2 weeks I have had to have 2 conversations with students on what it means and what it looks like to show respect to their teachers and the staff on campus. At first one of those students wanted to argue with me and tell me that was just who he was until he realized that it was not just one person they were upsetting but a majority and it is okay to make people feel that way. But THIS IS NOT MY JOB!!! When did it become a teachers job to teach our students respect. I swear that my children will know how to honor their parents, respect their elders and authority of their teachers, their bosses, law enforcement, etc. I am not saying my future children will not know how to stand up for what they believe in, but they will do it respectfully! They will follow the law, rules on their campus and if they doesn't believe it they will have the right discussion with the right people to make change... not trash an area, not yell or throw things to get their way.
These comics are so true and its horrible! When did this change? And how to get it back?
And if someone wants to say that respect must be earned... hows this for earning it:
Teacher-
1. Must have bachelors degree (meaning focused enough in high school to get into college, maybe on scholarship or maybe by getting in debt with student loans)
2. Must have teaching credential (meaning another 1-2 years of schooling/meaning more student debt if necessary, about 8 state tests which we have to pay to take, at least 6 months of UNPAID student teaching working 7-4/5 days a week)
I hate that people say that teaching is a backup plan because if doing all this is your backup plan than I would hate to know what you couldn't get through to do what you really wanted to do!
CHP officer-
1. Basic written test (comparable to college entrance exam, not too bad)
2. Physical Abilities test (at least 24 push up/minute, 31 sit up/minute, 300 meter run/70 sec, 1.5 mile run/13.55 mins, again not too bad)
3. Background paperwork (OMG! Was this a pain in the butt! It was like this 200 questions packet and if you said yes to ANYTHING you had to hand write a paragraph explaining it.)
4. Background investigation
a. interviewing EVERYONE- your investigator talks to friends, family, neighbors, previosu co-works and bosses, etc...)
b. panel interview
c. lie detector test
d. psychological evaluation
5. physical evaluation
6. Welcome to Academy!
a. 6 month live-in academy (you are there from Sunday 11;59p- Friday 6-7ish)
b. 2-4 POST test a week
c. physical tests
d. driving tests
e. range tests
Don't pass the tests (you get 2-3 tries) YOU GO HOME and start the process all over!
7. Graduation... to the road you go!
a. 3 Months of field training (with 3 different field training officers) Don't pass, you start the process all over again!
I know I have missed a few things here and there but you get the idea. This is not something anyone can just get into! If I remember correctly something like 30,000 people applied the day my husband did... I don't remember how many took the written test in his division but the physical abilities test had about 2,000 people... he was 1 of about 150 who went to the academy from those application, and only about 20 of them were from his division. Out of the 150, 93 graduated to officers! And I think they lost 3 more after field training. So easy right? Anyone can do it?
