text: More stringent standards of suitability are needed for police recruits, In Britain, their elite combat unit, the SAS has standards which few can attain because they are so tough they border on being cruel but the mandate of this organization is operations behind enemy lines whether that is in the searing heat of the jungle or the bone chilling cold of the Arctic, if captured, their fate can be torture & execution.
  
  Obviously not anyone can do this, it requires a certain mindset and because the standards are so tough, odds are that successful candidates have the right stuff.
  
  The actions of James Forcillo are a case in point, he clearly wasn't up to the job, had a more stringent selection process been in place, that fiasco may have ended differently.
  
  Those in charge of civilian police need to take a hard look at this, why an officer shoots an automobile, beats up and / or shoots unarmed suspects & civilians.