The state trains people like they're going to be highway patrol and that's not what's needed in an inner city. They could let the state do the first part of the academy but there will always need to be some training specific to LMPD. Military-style police training is good at washing out people who are not mentally tough enough to be street officers or who are physically unfit, but that is about all it's good for. A lot of people sail through academies and end up being horrible. A lot of others who'd