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> we should make sure that they are not sociopaths and have empathy and compassion for other beings (the cops, not the surgeons)

Exactly. And to be clear. I wasn't suggesting that cops go through the equivalent of 10 years of college + medical school. But now they get, what, 2-4 months training, in some cases just straight out of high school? But even more important is the screening -- and that's a lot of what those years of the medical school process does.



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