Have a police training officer that hunts so we get to talk often. The two classes he has yearly of around 24 recruits each, only 6 or so make it to the force and of those, maybe 2 make the grade.
Last year, 8 failed the driving tests, 4 failed firearms, 2 were terminated immediately for discharging a weapon that was " unloaded", one for looking down the gun barrel to see if it was loaded, 2 were canned for wrecking too many cars, one for doing 110 on the loop around town to get to a hair appointment. 4 could not pass background checks, and 1 used his badge to make a traffic stop to get a woman's phone number and or address.
He told me he will not ride with the ones that make it. He is more worried about them shooting him than a suspect.