My experience was very different from how it is now, which is also true for some of my colleagues who are former police officers with over 30 years of experience. At the time, in the 1980s and prior to that, there was a form of military and police selection. The methods used were very harsh. During basic training, it was sort of the mental predisposition that was evaluated and that made it possible to screen out many people.
Then came the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Changes were subsequently made in the early 1990s.
Do you think screening based on mental predisposition should be important? Should we re-establish a more rigorous form of assessment before enlisting military or police officers? In some cases, police or military personnel must live with post-traumatic stress disorder. If you did a screening assessment, you would avoid having to deal with such situations.