I have a patient who had a seizure and 911 was called. He tends to get agitated, so his wife warned the cops that came to leave him alone to come out of it as sometimes he starts flailing his arms. Well he flailed his arms and the cops decided to handle that by punching him in the head a few times. Cops need seizure training very very badly.

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 19 points 3 months ago (9 children)

US Police officers need training very badly, period.

Also, don't call them cops anymore. They don't need a "cool" designation, they're people with a job, ans that job is to protect and serve us, not being some cool dude that we need to fear

[–] thalience@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago (2 children)

They don't need more training. They need consequences

[–] jpreston2005@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

I mean, average training for a U.S based police person is 3 months, compared to a civilized country where it's considerably longer. They need both.

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 months ago

They do need more training as they barely get any.

They also need consequences, yes

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