These are just a couple of changes that would drastically overhaul the police and make them more able to do their job much more safely for not only themselves but everyone else. It's stupid how little training overall goes on in police departments. These are some of the hardest worked group of people in the country and they're given little training or help. The average US ARMY infantry soldier is in some kind of training, while not on deployment, five days a week. Then if they do deploy they can fall back on their training to get the job/mission done as safely as possible and come home. Why is it we can't even have our police training a single day of the week when they are arguably "deployed" for most of the year?

We should do away with police unions and make it a merit based system. Training should be mandatory, and paid, with at least 8hrs of a 40hr week dedicated to unarmed and hostile takedown. Mandatory quarterly physical evaluations involving stringent physical standards. Yes, this means the physical standards would be a flat rate, not gender based, and you either meet them or don't and can't be a police officer. This isn't about equality of gender or whatever, this is about protecting the public as safely as possible that includes any and all suspects. The reason police have to use a gun or taser is because they are completely unable to subdue a suspect safely. A 120-130lb female officer is not going to be able to subdue a 230lb male assailant without resorting to more violent or lethal means. An overweight officer is not going to be able to keep up with/overtake an unarmored suspect this means they either have to let them go or shoot them to get them to stop.

Last year, 2019, the people fatally shot by cops numbered by race: 370 white, 235 black, 158 Hispanic, 202 unknown, and 39 other. Unarmed people shot by police in the line of duty: 20 white, 10 black, 6 Hispanic, 4 other, and 1 unknown. These don't reflect anyone killed by use of something other than a gun. There are over 800,000 sworn police officers in the country. There's obviously a few bad police officers spread throughout the country but let's avoid pointing a finger at a group of people, most of which are not the problem, because of a few bad eggs. I'm not saying there shouldn't be changes to law enforcement. In fact I'd advocate several sweeping changes that would help significantly.

I been coming to this site for a long time, since this was like 6-8 years ago.

They're not exactly designed with shock absorbers.