Crime is....Funny?

Or is it just the "training" that's being pushed by people looking to grift some money?

• Three dozen police captains pair off in a Chicago conference room to play a game: They must start a sentence with the last word their partner used.

  Many exchanges are nonsensical, full of one-upmanship using difficult words and laughter. But the improvisation game eventually makes sense.

  “What we are trying to do, is get you to listen to the end of the sentence,” says Kelly Leonard, wrapping up the improvisational exercise. “If my arm was a sentence, when do most people stop listening? Always the elbow! But then you’re missing everything that goes after… and sometimes that’s critical information.”

  The police captains who have flown in from departments across the country nod. “I definitely do that,” some call out.

  Officials at the University of Chicago Crime Lab’s Policing Leadership Academy brought members of The Second City, Chicago’s storied improv theater, to teach police leaders the more diverse skills found in improv exercises — like thinking on your feet, reserving judgment and fully listening.

So how much is this costing taxpayers? Especially the part about flying in captains from "across the country." Which jurisdictions are paying for this nonsense?

Go read it all, if only to be disgusted by what passes as "training" for all the wrong reasons.