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FarPoint

(12,309 posts) Thu Apr 29, 2021, 07:42 PM Apr 2021

MSNBC now discussing licensures for police officers! [View all]

Now...As a Registered Nurse for 20 years...this concept is what I have been trying to explain...Used the Board of Nursing as the standard of practice leadership/monitoring and issues licenses used in a 50 sates for all nurses..****as a templet, use this for Law Enforcement...

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MSNBC now discussing licensures for police officers! [View all] FarPoint Apr 2021 OP

Makes sense. Licenses are even required for jobs that are typically not life or death. Irish_Dem Apr 2021 #1

I agree 💯 FirstLight Apr 2021 #2

Can you imagine police officers having to take an ethics/legal class every year? Irish_Dem Apr 2021 #5

We had a bust in SC a few months ago SCantiGOP Apr 2021 #14

I have tried to explain this standard of practice with licensure to police officers... FarPoint Apr 2021 #3

Perhaps police officers should worry about their professional boundaries like the rest of Irish_Dem Apr 2021 #6

I Had To Get A License... ProfessorGAC Apr 2021 #8

Teachers have to have licences and CEUs Claire Oh Nette Apr 2021 #16

Fellow RN here - this is what I have been telling Mr. Maru for years! Maru Kitteh Apr 2021 #4

Absolutely... FarPoint Apr 2021 #7

It is a difficult process. First you have to be eligible to sit for the state boards. Irish_Dem Apr 2021 #9

I'm an LCSW in Florida. I had to get a masters degree. Phoenix61 Apr 2021 #10

Teachers as well JT45242 Apr 2021 #11

Interesting concept. Worth exploring rpannier Apr 2021 #12

I have been saying the same thing mgardener Apr 2021 #13

K and R Ferrets are Cool Apr 2021 #15