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Originally Posted by afc wimbledon
The reality is small town police forces are almost always, both here and in the US, much less trained and professional, they arnt going to attract great candidates either as there are few promotional opportunities.
Combine that with an increasingly paranoid US in general and a ludicrously over armoured and para military police force and trouble will ensue.
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The militarization of the police force in the US is happening in big cities as well, and lots of cops don't get enough training for all the gear and equipment they are given. Lots of people in the media in the US have been saying this for years. It certainly isn't restricted to small towns, and the claim that small town cops will protect their own and therefore small towns are 'scary' to live in is just stereotyping all small towns based on personal experience. Hardly considered proper evidence.