What is being said in this quote? "This overemphasis on the learning of violent tactics is coupled with minimal police academy curricula on the subject of de-escalation tactics and interpersonal communication skills, as well as limited instructional time on responding to calls for service involving persons with mental health issues" *** This is the paragraph if needed ***State and municipal police academies in the United States aim to provide cadets with the foundation of skills necessary for a career in law enforcement. However, an overwhelming amount of these instructional hours are devoted to a survival curriculum that emphasizes hyperaggressive strategies aimed to prepare prospective police officers to wage war against the communities that they will soon serve. Such curricula include extensive hours of firearms and chemical agents training, arrest and control tactics, weaponless defense strategies, and less lethal weapons training (Reaves 2016). This not only exaggerates the dangers associated with policing and contributes to a flawed understanding of the everyday happenings of police work, but also normalizes the implementation of violent means to resolve conflict. This overemphasis on the learning of violent tactics is coupled with minimal police academy curricula on the subject of de-escalation tactics and interpersonal communication skills, as well as limited instructional time on responding to calls for service involving persons with mental health issues. This is particularly concerning when considering that the expansion of violent, state-sponsored social institutions such as the police has been accompanied by the weakening of mental health care, leaving individuals with mental health issues in situations in which their family members and friends are forced to call upon the police for assistance (Hirschfield 2015).