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> it is a system with little filtering, personally or institutionally, of the bad elements Wrong. It is a system that explicitly filters out the good elements.
by otalp 8y ago
> it is a system with little filtering, personally or institutionally, of the bad elements
Wrong. It is a system that explicitly filters out the good elements.
"US Court Ruling: You Can Be “Too Smart” to Be a Cop. Police department disqualifies anyone whose IQ is “too high" (https://www.globalresearch.ca/us-court-ruled-you-can-be-too-smart-to-be-a-cop/5420630 https://www.globalresearch.ca/us-court-ruled-you-can-be-too-...)
"Court OKs Barring High IQs for Cops"(https://abcnews.go.com/US/court-oks-barring-high-iqs-cops/story?id=95836 https://abcnews.go.com/US/court-oks-barring-high-iqs-cops/st...)
- threatofrain 8y agoThat's the same thing as barring someone for being overqualified, isn't it?
- vageli 8y agoI can't think of many jobs you'd be turned away from for being too smart.
- kardos 8y agoOne rationalisation is that hiring someone "too smart" for the work required means that they'll soon become bored and move on, so your effort invested in training them is wasted.
- zwily 8y agoThis is exactly what I’ve heard the justification is.
- DrScump 8y agoFor a modern American police force in the Bay Area, for example, taking a candidate from academy entrant to fully qualified officer is a six-figure cost. That's why many Bay Area LEOs focus their recruiting on recent graduates from other Bay Area forces.