# Why are police so quick to kill?

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [May 30, 2017, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-police-so-quick-to-kill/787689 "2017-05-30T00:48:32Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 18, 2017, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-police-so-quick-to-kill/787689/220 "2017-07-18T19:14:53Z")

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BPC;  
Let us know when other witnesses are subject to background investigations, including going back to a person’s childhood to receive the same level of credibility as that of a police officer.

Let us know when other witnesses have undergone polygraph examinations to receive the same level of credibility as that of a police officer.

Let us know when other witnesses have had to go through psychological testing & an intereview to receive the same level of credibility as that of a police officer.

The extra credibility that officers are given isn’t just given. It was earned.

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