“Why police reform is so hard?” This is the content of a essay from The Conversation website ( http://theconversation.com ). It is akin to the old chestnut, “Are you still beating your wife?” The very statement assumes the conclusion. In the police case, the statement assumes the police need reforming, and that it is not only difficult but nearly impossible. Always, we see more training is the prescription to correct these egregious offenses. What has happened is that police now live on the defensive. Pro-active policing is feared by the probability of racist accusations. Crowd control is diminished by the probability of being charged with brutality. Domestic disturbance interventions are diminished by the possibility of excessive force charges. The perpetrators make their charges with the simple goal of making their case tried in the press – usually against law enforcement. The result is always that more sensitivity training is needed. Police, from the onset of any
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