Top U.S. & World Headlines — April 27, 2021

That's it, every whistle stop county and township/public agency can and does create "police forces" and hires people it gives the title of "peace officer".  This practice needs to stop, crimes are not being solved because of the crazy quilt training in the thousands of "police forces" across the country and the scant if any legal training about our Constitutional rights.  There are too many abuses of peace officer powers and too many failures to adequately train officers in the use of force, de-escalation, and Constitutional law.  

It's time to require any appointing police authority to obtain certification by the Justice Department to ensure that they require adequate training in the Constitutional protections of citizen rights and the application of the applicable law. Naturally, it will take time for every police/peace officer agency to be issued the new certificates but the process needs to be started to get it done the sooner.