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TreasonousBastard

(43,049 posts) Sun Jun 14, 2020, 11:47 AM Jun 2020

Police departments are not looking for smart cops... [View all]

OK, that sounds a little too glib, but I remember a story years ago about a NJ town eliminating any recruits who scored too high on intelligence tests-- seems they would get bored on the job, among other problems.

Looking around, I found this, among other recent stories saying it's not just Joisey:

https://abcnews.go.com/US/court-oks-barring-high-iqs-cops/story?id=95836

N E W L O N D O N, Conn., Sept. 8, 2000 -- A man whose bid to become a police officer was rejected after he scored too high on an intelligence test has lost an appeal in his federal lawsuit against the city.

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Police departments are not looking for smart cops... [View all] TreasonousBastard Jun 2020 OP

Do you have any data that suggests this is widespread? PTWB Jun 2020 #1

Not really. This is not the sort of thing that gets reported or studied a lot. TreasonousBastard Jun 2020 #3

When I was in high school... Alacritous Crier Jun 2020 #2

I have never heard of this in any other field Lulu KC Jun 2020 #4

Not specifically for IQ but Disaffected Jun 2020 #5

I Agree ProfessorGAC Jun 2020 #8

I have seen highly competent foreign born technical people Blue_true Jun 2020 #14

It happens. I have a degree in mathematics... Buckeye_Democrat Jun 2020 #15

I should have been more clear in my question Lulu KC Jun 2020 #16

I read somewhere the average starting salary for cops and school teachers were about the same Baclava Jun 2020 #6

There was a court case a number of years back backscatter712 Jun 2020 #7

They're probably grooming them in the schools malaise Jun 2020 #9

This is interesting. totodeinhere Jun 2020 #10

The NYPD does encourage its officer to go to school. There are special programs at... TreasonousBastard Jun 2020 #11

Does the right want knee jerk reactors as police rather than people who can applegrove Jun 2020 #12

The police have been militarized. roamer65 Jun 2020 #13

Proof of your post right here: Solomon Jun 2020 #17

This message was self-deleted by its author Solomon Jun 2020 #18

This actor just talked about a similar experience he had trying to become a cop GusFring Jun 2020 #19