FBI and NYPD Officers Sent On Museum Field Trip 70
In an attempt to "refresh their sense of inquiry" FBI agents, and NYPD officers are being sent to a course at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Art of Perception hopes to improve an officers' ability to accurately describe what they see during an investigation by studying art. From the article: "Amy Herman, the course leader, said: 'We're getting them off the streets and out of the precincts, and it refreshes their sense of inquiry. They're thinking, "Oh, how am I doing my job," and it forces them to think about how they communicate, and how they see the world around them.' Ms Herman, an art historian, originally developed the course for medical students, but successfully pitched it as a training course to the New York Police Academy."
And only 5 paintings and sculptures were shot (Score:5, Funny)
The New York Police Department calls the trip a "resounding success." Though several paintings and sculptures were shot multiple times during the trip, an internal NYPD investigation has confirmed that the pieces of art were apparently reaching for weapons when they were fired upon. "Yeah, sounds like a clean kill to me," said Officer Leo Sekonsky, in reference to an incident that left Vincent van Gogh's "Self-Portrait with Straw Hat" in tatters. "That Van Gogh was definitely reaching for a knife or some shit. Ain't no one gonna say different."
Re:And only 5 paintings and sculptures were shot (Score:5, Funny)
They also repeatedly tazed a statue until it stopped resisting arrest.
Cue scene from L.A. Story. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:And only 5 paintings and sculptures were shot (Score:4, Funny)
However, they steadfastly deny any knowledge of how a statue carved in black marble got a broomstick and three flashlights shoved up its ass.
If you teach police to think, do you (Score:4, Funny)
end up with thought-police?
Faux pas (Score:5, Funny)
The program will be canceled about 12 seconds after the first officer on the witness stand describes a rape victim as "Rubenesque".
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Re:And only 5 paintings and sculptures were shot (Score:5, Funny)
Hey why all the negativity? It got numerous armed and dangerous people off the street for a short time and the crime rate more than likely fell to.
Win/Win
Re:If you teach police to think, do you (Score:3, Funny)
Only in Brooklyn.