Sacramento Report: Lawmakers Zero in on Police Hiring and Training
Two competing bills in the Legislature are seeking to raise the standards for police recruitment and hiring. Meanwhile, police training efforts are also getting a fresh look.
Two competing bills in the Legislature are seeking to raise the standards for police recruitment and hiring.
Both bills are driven by the belief that more education makes for better police officers. But they differ in whether higher education should merely be incentivized or an actual requirement. One is backed by police unions and wouldn’t impose any hard education requirements; the other would require officers to either be 25 or have a college degree.