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i've spent my entire professional career in training. "better training" works if your post-training outcomes match your training objectives, and it fails if they don't. https://twitter.com/mattyglesias/status/1290264058118041600
this is a more complicated thing than people realize that it is, and it's why the police problem in this country is harder to solve than anyone is willing to admit.
what are the outcomes that you want the police to achieve? do you expect a reduction in crime? do you expect a reduction in civilians being killed? do you expect the police to develop better community relations? how do you measure any of these?
if you can't define the measures of success to your own satisfaction, you can't train people to act in ways that ensure success. i would personally love not to find needles on my street, but not at the expense of seeing homeless junkies arrested.
in a country where, as a reasonable precaution, you need to assume that everyone is armed at all times, how do you approach a suspect in a way that ensures your safety and the safety of the people — including civilians — around you?
