Recent Violence Making It Harder To Recruit Police Officers

By Howard Nathan
DENVER (CBS4) – Cops were targeted for assassination in Dallas and Baton Rouge this summer. Eight died. So why would anyone want to become a cop?
“You’ve got to search yourself, search your heart and your mind and you’ve got to say this is a higher calling,” said Frank Gale, a former past president of the Colorado Police Protective Association.
Denver trains their police officer candidates in 26 weeks.
“You can’t give up in the street if