Miten olisi kesätyö poliisina; kuukauden koulutus, ase käteen ja baanalle.
"Packing Heat on the Boardwalk
Training for Ocean City Summer Police Recruits, Mostly College Students, Not Such a Breeze
OCEAN CITY -- Maryland's most popular beach town doubles the size of its police force every summer by hiring more than 100 seasonal officers -- most of them college students who are whisked through a four-week police academy, then given arrest powers and a gun.
Ocean City's young officers have a lot to learn before they are let loose on the boardwalk with a badge. This year's recruits are deep into the crash course that aims to meet -- barely -- the minimum state requirements for becoming a sworn officer. To meet a requirement that they fire at least 1,000 rounds, the recruits spent four full days at a firing range, pulling the trigger again and again.
"I call them 'video game kids.' The eye-hand coordination is there, but the hand muscles aren't," said firearms instructor Mark Doyle, a retired Ocean City officer. "They're learning."
The seasonal officers, who must be at least 21, are brought on to help police a population of more than 200,000, up from 8,500 in the winter. They patrol for underage drinkers, break up bar fights, stop drunk drivers and respond to noise complaints..."
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