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3. Justice Department can and should do it. This should not be handled locally.

Sun Jul 15, 2012, 08:44 PM

Jul 2012

And screw the cost - PEOPLE ARE DYING. We need to get the predators off the streets and into a doctor's care...

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Sociopaths And Psychopaths: We Need To Screen Cops Nationwide - NOW. [View all] JFN1 Jul 2012 OP

The problem is the psychological screening tests are expensive and snappyturtle Jul 2012 #1

Sorry but the Justice Department would never do this on a national basis. snappyturtle Jul 2012 #22

What brought this on? virgogal Jul 2012 #2

Agreed... Comrade_McKenzie Jul 2012 #6

Maybe you won't get rich, but low wage? nobodyspecial Jul 2012 #15

'Badly outnumbered by the mentally ill'? randome Jul 2012 #8

As far as I know, there are no such numbers available. JFN1 Jul 2012 #11

ALL anecdotal. nobodyspecial Jul 2012 #13

In Missouri it takes less training... rwsanders Jul 2012 #10

Any proof of this? nobodyspecial Jul 2012 #12

You are aware of course, that ALL departments do that screening nadinbrzezinski Jul 2012 #14

What do you think about the Stanford prison experiment? nt PETRUS Jul 2012 #18

What about the sociopathic lawyers and judges I worked for?? Manifestor_of_Light Jul 2012 #19

Some forces do. laundry_queen Jul 2012 #23

Psychopathy is NOT mental illness Boogercat Jun 2014 #24