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The Newport Beach Police Dept - Are You Qualified?

NBPD43 · 170.4K views · 2008-11-14 · 1:26

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Overview

A short recruitment video for the Newport Beach Police Department promoting its jobs and pay.

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Cited critically in policing threads as evidence of what kind of recruits and culture police departments seek.

Discussed on HN; no positive recommendation is recorded in this export · HN mentions 2020–2021

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Stratoscope · 2021-12 · Criticism

Here's a Newport Beach (California) police recruiting video: [VIDEO] They were actively recruiting for the type of person who would enjoy being on a SWAT team like this. [LINK]

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Stratoscope · 2021-02 · Criticism

> The warrior mindset is at the root of so many of these problems. We need to disband all of the police forces and start again with a new culture based around a guardian mindset and community service. Nearly ten years ago, Reason posted a comparison of police recruitment videos from Decatur, Georgia, and Newport Beach, California. They illustrate beautifully the two mindsets you describe. [LINK] The videos don't play on that page any more, so here are direct links. Decatur: [LINK] Newport Beach: [VIDEO]

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thaumasiotes · 2020-06 · Criticism

What the police are supposed to be is determined by local culture. Here's a police recruitment ad from Georgia: [LINK] Here's one from California: [VIDEO] (The original blog post that highlighted the difference between these is down, but here's an archive link: [LINK] . I pulled the youtube URLs because the archived page doesn't appear to work.)

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