College and SPI teaches future command how to say things politicians like to hear. The entire Obama 21st Century Policing thing that dozens of people spent thousands of hours on was nothing but retread community policing ideas from decades ago. The rising stars knew all that disproven bulls--t didn't ever work, but also knew they had to pretend it works to go up the ranks. There is no better education for new police than working for older cops who'd rather lock up bad guys than play politics at