Lincoln, NE Police Website: "The field training and evaluation program takes approximately 22 weeks to complete. During this training phase, the new officers are assigned to work with a designated field training officer whose job is to train and evaluate their performance. New officers are rotated to a different field training officer every four weeks. New officers must reach an acceptable level in all performance areas by the completion of the program. Successful officers are then transferred to the Operations Division for solo team assignments."
So you need to be 21, with a GED and a few months of training and that's it, you're a cop.
I can't defend cops, gotta defend Cactus. I always see them in big groups around one suspect, usually a traffic stop. No one wants a cocky 22 yr old with little education, also on a power trip, telling them what to do