The 2 things I learned from watching 'The First 48'

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Who gives a damn how fat the cops are? This isn't a shoot-em-up simplistic view of law enforcement like almost every procedural drama or cop movie you can name. Real police use their brains to solve cases, which you should know if you've seen this show.

I don't know everywhere else, but here in Spain, cops are civil servants and they have to
a) pass their civil servants examinations, which include physical and academic subjects
b) pass a psychological test and several written psychological tests
c) both motorbike and car driving licenses are compulsory prior the academy
d) pass the course in the police academy, which is centralized in Ávila. It includes academic and physical subjects. It includes one mandatory foreign language - English. If you fail, I'm afraid you won't have anything and will be left without a job or qualifications.
e) I know they have to learn how to shoot - here in Spain civilians won't usually have guns or weapons. Of course, there are always people who have hunting shotgun licences or similar, but it's fairly uncommon. I know that at some point they have to pass a course on aggressive driving - that must be cool, to learn how to drive like a maniac and control the car anyway.

I've known quite a few people throughout the years who have become police officers, so I think that this is the system summarized.

I have also wondered about that. why do they have children at such young ages? and you can't blame a mistake, they didn't know... because many had more than one child. Is there sexual education at schools? do they know what a condom or the pill are?

Don't brag to anyone that you commited a murder.

Eliminate anyone that saw you committ the murder. Don't just threaten them.



Riley: "What if we have a ho for a grandma and she comes to school on career day?"

Stay at home late at night.

Someone should know where you are at all times.

Dont be gay and cruising for strangers for sexual encounters.

Dont try to buy drugs with counterfeit money, you will be killed, its in the criminal handbook.

Dont use any of your victim's things: car, cell, pager, nothing.

Know when to excuse yourself from a place or person where violence is prone to happen.

Ask for a lawyer, they've got nothing on you!!!

Don't LIE to her, that's for sure!

if you are going to lie, make sure you tell people to help your story...so many lie about being here or there, and all kinds of stuff, then all they do is call that person to verify, and they are caught off guard and cant help you...then the heat is on you because if you had nothing to do with it, you wouldnt be telling lies...

and yes, CSI makes it seem like everytime a murder happens, its solved solely by the detectives and the lab people...thats far from the truth...this show has showed that most of them are solved through witnesses and tips...

and if you commit a murder, dont keep the weapon in your house or in your room...stupid!!...