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Originally Posted by Cherie

I think most of us are lucky to be in jobs where if we make a mistake we can correct it or reflect on it and decide to do it a different way in future without being filmed and shamed and suspended, training is great but it’s no substitute for on the job experience, like when you learn to drive it’s only once you pass your test and start driving on your own you gain proper driving experience, these were two young men might would benefit from being paired with an experienced officer, it would be easy to say they should have done better but I’ve never grappled with a guy with a knife, the knee on the head doesn’t look great btw

I think the lucky part for us is a mistake in our jobs would usually be fairly trivial and not result in the harm, or even death, of someone due to our actions. If someone died or was harmed under the care of a shoddily trained doctor we wouldn't chalk it up to experience. Should be the same for shoddily trained police officers imo.