Experts suggest fully scrutinizing Police applications to meet qualifications.
Experts suggest fully scrutinizing Police applications to meet qualifications. (Photo: Fox News)
Experts Suggest Police Department Should not Rush Hiring
Reports say that two of the five Memphis Police officers were hired after the department loosened its hiring requirements. After being charged with fatally beating Tyre Nichols, comments arose that police departments should not rush to fill open positions with people who might not be qualified. In 2020, Tadarrius Bean and Demetrius Haley were hired as the department was having a staff shortage. This made them drop the requirement that recruits have an associate’s degree or 54 college credits.
In relation, officers Desmond Mills Jr., Emmitt Martin III, and Justine Smith were hired before the amended hiring requirements in 2018. This requires recruits to have a full-time job for five years and would need to complete their associate’s within four years. A John Jay College professor Mike Alcazar commented that the police department is desperate and wants to hire more police officers. He followed that police departments have to take the screening process seriously and fully scrutinize hiring officers that might not be qualified.
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Experts suggest fully scrutinizing Police applications to meet qualifications. (Photo: Fox News)
Tyre Nichols Case Resulted in His Death
According to a post by Fox News, Tyre Nichols was pulled over for reckless driving and allegedly attempted to run from officers. The Memphis Police Department reported that while being taken into custody, another confrontation occurred. After that, the suspect complained of having shortness of breath, at which point an ambulance was called to the scene. Camera footage showed a group of Memphis Police officers who repeatedly beat Nichols as they work to restrain him. Nichols ultimately died three days later in a hospital.
The Memphis Police Department already terminated the five officers who participated in the attack. The DA’s office and the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation already completed the investigation. Then, they arrested the former officers and charged them with second-degree murder. Each of them faces counts of second-degree murder; aggravated assault, act in concert; two counts of aggravated kidnapping; two counts of official misconduct; and official oppression.
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