Dude, that is awesome
The scary thing is that it appears it is possible to take an oath to enforce the laws of the state you serve and uphold the Constitution of the United States, but you're not required to demonstrate a working knowledge of either.
What would happen if, to be a police officer, you must earn at least an AA degree in law enforcement? The State Board of accreditation requires that every Associates degree must satisfy 6 credits in U.S. and Nevada Constitution. This begs the question, are the vast majority of police officers intellectually qualified to serve in that capacity? Is their working knowledge of the Constitution and the laws of the state in which they serve even called into question during an inquest?
I've known some very bright officers over the years, who apply a suspects constitutional rights as if they are assumed to be exercised unless they are specifically waived. I've known the majority of officers to be exceptionally well qualified for the physical riggers of the job but intellectually, they are very dim. Then there are the "Jabba the cop" type officers who are neither intellectually not physically qualified and their only working knowledge is of the department policies and procedures manual at best.
My personal opinion is that it is far to easy to be a police officer, and that nepotism plays a large part of the selection process. Also part of the problem is that those who are exceptionally skilled both intellectually and physically for the job are often recruited for law enforcement positions with far more advantageous agencies; DEA, U.S. Marshals, F.B.I. and Secret Service. Leaving the population as a whole left with the bottom of the barrel as their common enforcement arm of the justice system.
I believe if we can solve this problem, we won't need to worry so much about farces like the coroners inquest because, more often than not, evidence will speak for itself when we have the most talented law enforcement agents serving at every level of the justice system. Call me an Idealist, or even naive, but I'm not wrong.