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Resources
Education:

Most police forces do not require a degree to join.

http://cjb.sagepub.com/content/34/2/179.full.pdf+html

http://pqx.sagepub.com/content/13/1/92.full.pdf+html " In fact, only 1% of local police departments in the United States require a 4-year college degree."

http://www.abqjournal.com/news/metro/3023320metro11-30-10.htm "One study found that officers with four-year college degrees are significantly less likely to use force than officers with less education."

General:

http://www.cbp.gov/sites/default/files/documents/UseofForcePolicyHandbook.pdf

https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/176330-1.pdf

http://www.theiacp.org/portals/0/pdfs/SeattlePDUseofForce.pdf

Education
Studies have shown that law enforcement officers with some college education (typically four-year degrees) use force much less often than officers with little to no higher education. Some argue that police work deeply requires experience that can only be gained from actually working in the field.SOURCE NEEDED Despite these findings, very little - only 1% - of police forces within the United States have education requirements for those looking to join their forces.

Characteristics
It has not been strongly found that the race, class, gender, age etc. of an officer affects the likelihood that they will use force.