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Court OKs Barring High IQs for Cops

37 points by phr4ts 9y ago

rendall 9y ago
This story is so, so, so freaking old.
Cozumel 9y ago
Title needs editing, it's from 2000!
arkis22 9y ago
>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. Oh good, at least their incompetence is systemic.
bunfunton 9y ago
Haha this is 17 years old.
- SAI_Peregrinus 9y ago
  And it hasn't been overturned. It's a big part of the problem with police in the US, the departments have been filling up with dumb bullies.
wallace_f 9y ago
Police in 2016 used a "military helicopter to descend on an 81-year-old Grandmother's home to seize a single marijuana plant." "Mr Holcomb said he was told that as long as he did not demand that a warrant be provided to enter the property or otherwise escalate the situation, authorities would file no criminal charges." So, give up your fourth amendment rights, or else? For having 1 marijuana plant? What are police thinking? Or maybe they just aren't? Source: www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/national-guard-and-police-in-military-style-helicopter-descend-on-81-year-old-s-home-to-seize-one-a7348666.html
- crooked-v 9y ago
  They're thinking they can get away with whatever they want, because local jurisdictions do shit-all to actually hold them responsible for huge wastes of money and/or active malfeasance.
grzm 9y ago
(2000)
aussieguy1234 9y ago
Does this confirm the theory that cops aren't particularly smart?
jdenning 9y ago
Very old news, but I'm somewhat envious of people who are just learning about this now. It's such a perfect mix of horrifying and hilarious.
Overtonwindow 9y ago
In reading the article, the claim is made that someone with a high IQ will not find the work compelling, will get bored, and leave wasting that training and money. That does beg the question: Is policing only appealing to someone with a low IQ? Worse, is this the only reason the state wants police officers with low intelligence levels?

37 points by phr4ts 9y ago

rendall 9y ago

This story is so, so, so freaking old.

Cozumel 9y ago

Title needs editing, it's from 2000!

arkis22 9y ago

>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. Oh good, at least their incompetence is systemic.

bunfunton 9y ago

Haha this is 17 years old.

SAI_Peregrinus 9y ago
And it hasn't been overturned. It's a big part of the problem with police in the US, the departments have been filling up with dumb bullies.

wallace_f 9y ago

Police in 2016 used a "military helicopter to descend on an 81-year-old Grandmother's home to seize a single marijuana plant." "Mr Holcomb said he was told that as long as he did not demand that a warrant be provided to enter the property or otherwise escalate the situation, authorities would file no criminal charges." So, give up your fourth amendment rights, or else? For having 1 marijuana plant? What are police thinking? Or maybe they just aren't? Source: www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/national-guard-and-police-in-military-style-helicopter-descend-on-81-year-old-s-home-to-seize-one-a7348666.html

crooked-v 9y ago
They're thinking they can get away with whatever they want, because local jurisdictions do shit-all to actually hold them responsible for huge wastes of money and/or active malfeasance.

grzm 9y ago

(2000)

aussieguy1234 9y ago

Does this confirm the theory that cops aren't particularly smart?

jdenning 9y ago

Very old news, but I'm somewhat envious of people who are just learning about this now. It's such a perfect mix of horrifying and hilarious.

Overtonwindow 9y ago

In reading the article, the claim is made that someone with a high IQ will not find the work compelling, will get bored, and leave wasting that training and money. That does beg the question: Is policing only appealing to someone with a low IQ? Worse, is this the only reason the state wants police officers with low intelligence levels?