<< why is no one there pushing for a federal level single training institution and increased academy training. Well at least here the answer is somewhat simple

<< why is no one there pushing for a federal level single training institution and increased academy training. Well at least here the answer is somewhat simple. There is a deep ingrained level of distrust for federal government. It has been there since country's foundation and the past few decades have done nothing to lower it ( and one can reasonably argue it has only increased ). In a sense, the reason is structural. << It needs to be federal, standardized, and just longer than the few months training US cops have. FWIW, FBI is effectively federal police. I think you will agree that they had their fair share of, uhm, not great behavior. << I mean knowing my local government incompetence I would be pretty nervous in having people with guns being trained by a local institution. The whole point of cop that is local is that people will not, ehkm, revolt, because random guy from NY got plopped in AK and does not understand the basic environment they are in. I personally prefer local. I think last year I went to our local quarterly neighbors/cops outreach and I was largely happy with what the sheriff had to say, because it dealt with MY local issues and not some pre-ordained stuff from the top. Like I said, the issue is structural, because US is a massive country.