> I don't understand why in some countries, like the US, police officers are so eager to resort to violence or killing Police training has become heavily influ

> I don't understand why in some countries, like the US, police officers are so eager to resort to violence or killing Police training has become heavily influenced by military tactics (take the case of Israeli training of American officers and "police exchanges"). This was not always the case. Now, I do not deny that such tactics can be useful in certain circumstances, but overemphasis on them can be a problem just as much as laxity.