French police go back to school to reflect on their role in society

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French police officers are expected to avoid expressing themselves in public and are generally not encouraged to question their profession, but a new university course is asking them to do just that. Called Police and Population, the sociology course wants officers to ask some hard questions.“I feel that what I do in bringing the police and the population together gives a sense of purpose to my career,” says Clotaire Lodjro, a patrol officer who in his time off is a member of a community group g