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[On post-academy training in the field for new officers] "During that time period, we also discover whether people are really right for the job or not. And that's hard when you've invested as much as a year or more into training somebody. But there are clearly some folks who can't multitask, they can't make good decisions under stress, they're not effective communicators. For whatever reasons, they're not cut out to be police officers. And part of the challenge of a professional police department is to make sure those folks are separated from service early on. So you have to be willing to do that — and to have the local political support within your city to do that." -- Chris Magnus, Chief of Police in Richmond, California, interviewed by Dara Lind, in "How to not shoot civilians: 9 community policing tips from a chief who got it right", published 2014-12-15