The cops I've known aren't stupid. Some are thugs in police uniforms, this is true. Most are middle class workers in an incredibly badly managed working environment. They are doing a difficult job but the oversight is fucking awful. That shit wouldn't happen if it weren't tolerated. Our society is stupid for tolerating it.
LOL
Too funny thisWell they aren't exactly smart either. I had heard of this before, but still wonder how wide spread the practice is.
Court OKs Barring High IQs for Cops
N E W L O N D O N, Conn., Sept. 8, 2000
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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.
The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York upheld a lower court’s decision that the city did not discriminate against Robert Jordan because the same standards were applied to everyone who took the test.
“This kind of puts an official face on discrimination in America against people of a certain class,” Jordan said today from his Waterford home. “I maintain you have no more control over your basic intelligence than your eye color or your gender or anything else.”
He said he does not plan to take any further legal action.
Jordan, a 49-year-old college graduate, took the exam 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.
Most Cops Just Above Normal The average score nationally for police officers is 21 to 22, the equivalent of an IQ of 104, or just a little above average.
Jordan alleged his rejection from the police force was discrimination. He sued the city, saying his civil rights were violated because he was denied equal protection under the law.
But the U.S. District Court found that New London had “shown a rational basis for the policy.” In a ruling dated Aug. 23, the 2nd Circuit agreed. The court said the policy might be unwise but was a rational way to reduce job turnover.
Jordan has worked as a prison guard since he took the test.
That shit is true to this day. Intelligent people question things too much. They are more likely to disobey orders and make crooked cops very nervous.Well they aren't exactly smart either. I had heard of this before, but still wonder how wide spread the practice is.
Court OKs Barring High IQs for Cops
N E W L O N D O N, Conn., Sept. 8, 2000
- By ABC NEWS
PlayABCNEWS.com
WATCH Raising Your IQ on the Treadmill
- 232KSHARES
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.
The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York upheld a lower court’s decision that the city did not discriminate against Robert Jordan because the same standards were applied to everyone who took the test.
“This kind of puts an official face on discrimination in America against people of a certain class,” Jordan said today from his Waterford home. “I maintain you have no more control over your basic intelligence than your eye color or your gender or anything else.”
He said he does not plan to take any further legal action.
Jordan, a 49-year-old college graduate, took the exam 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.
Most Cops Just Above Normal The average score nationally for police officers is 21 to 22, the equivalent of an IQ of 104, or just a little above average.
Jordan alleged his rejection from the police force was discrimination. He sued the city, saying his civil rights were violated because he was denied equal protection under the law.
But the U.S. District Court found that New London had “shown a rational basis for the policy.” In a ruling dated Aug. 23, the 2nd Circuit agreed. The court said the policy might be unwise but was a rational way to reduce job turnover.
Jordan has worked as a prison guard since he took the test.
No, I wouldn't be OK with the Feds killing a homeowner over past due taxes. I would like to think that there could be a more peaceful resolution. However, if you pull a weapon on a federal agent I don't think it would end well.
Maybe one of them will kill you for a nice bunk.
We were referring to people who were sentenced to life in prison, not people who are serving a 5 year sentence.
I am referring to people who have life in prison without parole. We have different standards of dignity.
