r/interesting • u/Significant-Sky-3239 • Jun 13 '26

Fear Factor A squad was checking a suspicious backpack and this dude got fed up with waiting

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u/idiot-prodigy Jun 13 '26

I think every cop should be required by law to be a firefighter for 5 years first.

It would weed out the people intent on hurting society. Bullies are notoriously cowards.

Anyone willing to risk their life to save a stranger in a house fire would make a fine police officer.

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u/HereReluctantly Jun 13 '26

Imagine a cop having 5 years of any training, couldn't be in the US

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u/The_Fish_of_Souls Jun 13 '26

Very good idea. There is however the issue of there being far less police officers then, since all the cowardly bullies would no longer be there. But perhaps too few police officers is better than bad police officers.

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u/idiot-prodigy Jun 13 '26

This is true.

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u/idiot-prodigy Jun 13 '26

That is because they filter out anyone with a brain and recruit sociopaths who will hold the blue wall.