[SiempreViernes]

I've heard claims that a large part of the problem is this probation period, during which the candidates are made to unlearn all the teaching from the academy and taught the real ways of the street: that is to say the actual practice at the station that has been handed down since time immemorial.

[dogma1138]

Could be, but they are still tested on the book throughout their probationary period the question is really how well the training officers are vetted.

However again it’s not that terribly different than many other countries where you either get an academic degree and then practical training or if you already have a degree you are essentially given a crash course and sent into practical training as an apprentice/trainee officer for about the same time frame as the probationary period in the US.

In the UK you have 3 main paths, apprenticeship which takes about 3 years, a degree program which takes about 3 years and a degree to policing program which takes about 2 years.

The first and the last pretty much put you on the street right away the middle is a combination of academic learning and on duty training.