and just how many 19 year old police officers do you know???
you are eligible at 18 to apply, they prefer the applicants to be abit older with real life experience. the average starting age for rcmp or vpd is about 27. the shitty attitude comes from seeing a certain type of criminal constantly beating the system and then some innocent one or first timer facing their wrath.
for anybody that thinks it's a no brainer job, try to understand the stress they face, there's alot of police officers who have drinking problems later on in life because of all the crap they've seen or been thru. you can mock them now, but when a real criminal does have you tied up or at knife point it's the police that put themselves on the line for you. that's not a university degree, that's the 6 months in regina helping you at that point.