(KMOX Capitol Bureau) – Police officers who fired rubber bullets and tear gas canisters two months earlier in Ferguson received training from a required state program.
The Department of Public Safety administers the Peace Officer Standards and Training, or POST, program, which oversees police officer standards and training in Missouri. In the U.S., all but two states have state-mandated training, said Sam Walker, an emeritus professor of criminal justice at the University of Nebraska. Walker has written 14 books on the subjects of civil liberties, policing and criminal justice policy. http://stlouis.cbslocal.com/2014/10/10/