surged within a month<\/a>, with nearly half of the aspiring cadets having been previously ineligible, the Pennsylvania State Police said.<\/p>\nIn Philadelphia, Tyler Derr, 29, was driven to become an officer because he wanted to be a public servant. After passing four phases of the physical exam, he said he found it easy. <\/p>\n
\u201cI think if anybody takes care of themselves and is physically active, this should be pretty easy for them,\u201d he said, cautioning against lowering standards too much. <\/p>\n
\u201cI still think we should be holding ourselves to a high standard, physically and morally,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
It was something Wexler cautioned too \u2014 you can tweak standards to open up wider opportunities, but you can\u2019t make a mistake in hiring.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt only takes one bad officer to bring down a department and impact an entire city. We saw that in Minneapolis,\u201d he said. \u201cThe one thing you can\u2019t make a mistake on is character.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Brooke Schultz is a corps member for the Associated Press\/Report for America Statehouse News Initiative. Report for America is a nonprofit national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on undercovered issues. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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