You have to understand police culture. Their recruitment draws heavily on military veterans even though 2/3 or more departments require a 2-4 year college degree now. In an applicant they look for extroversion, good interpersonal skills, a commanding personality, decisiveness, good judgment, etc. The academic and intellectual requirements are extremely lax for being such a complicated profession. There is a certain kind of person they are looking for, and somebody who knows or cares about the nuances of constitutional law is rarely that person.
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