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Fumesucker

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9. If you're too smart they don't want you for a cop..

Fri Feb 10, 2012, 07:11 PM

Feb 2012

http://nyletterpress.wordpress.com/2008/02/29/police-reject-candidate-for-being-too-intelligent/

A US man has been rejected in his bid to become a police officer for scoring too high on an intelligence test.

Robert Jordan, a 49-year-old college graduate, took an exam to join the New London police, in Connecticut, in 1996 and scored 33 points, the equivalent of an IQ of 125.

But New London police interviewed only candidates who scored 20 to 27, on the theory that those who scored too high could get bored with police work and leave soon after undergoing costly training.

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Cop allegedly pulled gun on pregnant woman over too many grocery items [View all] Amerigo Vespucci Feb 2012 OP

bring on the surveillance tapes... nt ProdigalJunkMail Feb 2012 #1

Tapes mysteriously erased.... rfranklin Feb 2012 #3

since it was wal mart doing the taping ProdigalJunkMail Feb 2012 #6

That was an egregious move on the cop's part. CaliforniaPeggy Feb 2012 #2

Well there goes his manners out the window. Couldn't he see she was pregnant? My goodness. southernyankeebelle Feb 2012 #4

the gun did not come out until her husband shoved the off duty cop ProdigalJunkMail Feb 2012 #8

Bullshit. Amerigo Vespucci Feb 2012 #10

the gun came out after physical contact ProdigalJunkMail Feb 2012 #14

*therefore* lildreamer316 Feb 2012 #26

wow...thank you, proof-reader extraordinaire... ProdigalJunkMail Feb 2012 #35

You don't point a gun at someone unless you intend to kill them. nt Bonobo Feb 2012 #32

plenty of people point guns at people ProdigalJunkMail Feb 2012 #37

And they're idiots. moriah Feb 2012 #41

THANK YOU!! n/t LadyHawkAZ Feb 2012 #42

Yup, that's the FIRST thing you learn. Bonobo Feb 2012 #43

and you suppose the off-duty here ISN'T a fucking idiot ProdigalJunkMail Feb 2012 #46

once again, i agree... ProdigalJunkMail Feb 2012 #45

And I wish that there were fewer idiots in the world. moriah Feb 2012 #49

"Cop alledgedly pulls gun in dispute over too many grocery items" piedmont Feb 2012 #11

I agree with you... ProdigalJunkMail Feb 2012 #16

Touchy, touchy! piedmont Feb 2012 #22

the headline writer did it to get attention on the story ProdigalJunkMail Feb 2012 #23

How many men Aerows Feb 2012 #12

i don't disagree with you one bit... ProdigalJunkMail Feb 2012 #15

You see these things all the time. alphafemale Feb 2012 #13

i am with the hubby ProdigalJunkMail Feb 2012 #17

He had a right to protect his wife from a man assaulting her obamanut2012 Feb 2012 #19

don't disagree with you one bit... ProdigalJunkMail Feb 2012 #20

too many groceries in the cart was the proximate cause provis99 Feb 2012 #36

baloney... ProdigalJunkMail Feb 2012 #38

you don't seem to understand the legal definition of "proximate cause" provis99 Feb 2012 #39

so, then educate me... ProdigalJunkMail Feb 2012 #47

They're lucky he didn't taser them to death for such an outrageous RKP5637 Feb 2012 #5

If you're too smart they don't want you for a cop.. Fumesucker Feb 2012 #9

Yep, clearly the higher ups don't want anyone that could challenge them. I recall RKP5637 Feb 2012 #29

Wal-Mart does not enforce this policy unless it's an extreme case. joshcryer Feb 2012 #7

Or when someone goes through with a buggy full of stuff and checks them out ten items at a time. alphafemale Feb 2012 #18

That just happened to me at the local produce store. alittlelark Feb 2012 #24

Maybe "she" was buying food for three different homebound individuals. lonestarnot Feb 2012 #25

Doubtful. Even so, she should use a regular lane. alphafemale Feb 2012 #31

first question. onethatcares Feb 2012 #21

Post removed Post removed Feb 2012 #27

I am thinking, yes, you are alone in thinking this. n/t demmiblue Feb 2012 #30

And your point? n/t Missy Vixen Feb 2012 #34

Then the African American husband is arrested and charged for protecting his wife from the POS cop Cali_Democrat Feb 2012 #28

OMG! Does that mean that I could have been arrested today RebelOne Feb 2012 #33

The charge against the husband should be dropped... ellisonz Feb 2012 #40

I remember when a store cop in Jackson, MS at Jitney Jungle ashling Feb 2012 #44

Excessive use of force. This is why the Department issued you a Taser. Follow protocol next time. leveymg Feb 2012 #48