Meanwhile, the UK is moving to a model that requires the equivalent of a three-year undergraduate in policing[0]. Also the po-po there generally don't have guns.
0: https://www.prospects.ac.uk/jobs-and-work-experience/job-sec...
You can choose to undertake a three-year Level 6 degree apprenticeship, which involves both on and off-the-job training. As with other apprenticeships, you'll earn while you learn and upon successful completion of the programme, you'll have finished your probation as a police constable and will have achieved the BSc Professional Policing Practice.
Looks appopriate though.
Basic Constable here is two years - six month coursework, 18 month probie.
https://www.jobsandskills.wa.gov.au/jobs-and-careers/occupat...
Sure, medical degrees include time in hospitals after the basics are completed, etc .. all that aside this really does read like a (good) trade apprenticeship program - time split between course work and supervised practice, which I agree with.
But a Bachelor of Science equivilent undergrad degree?
Apparently technically yes .. but that does seem a stretch.