The Limits of Hiring Standards: A False Promise for Police Reform Recent reports have highlighted concerns over loosened hiring standards within law enforcement agencies in the US, sparking renewed calls for stricter vetting processes to prevent abusive officers from joining their ranks.
However, this attention risks perpetuating a narrow focus on individual misconduct while glossing over more profound structural issues.
The notion that tightening hiring standards will magically solve the police violence problem in the US is naive.