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Being a police officer requires no qualifications and barely any training, and low intelligence is notoriously preferred [0]. Being a teacher requires at least
by jgeada 6y ago
Being a police officer requires no qualifications and barely any training, and low intelligence is notoriously preferred [0].
Being a teacher requires at least a bachelors degree. The two jobs shouldn't even be comparable.
[0] 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...
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- willcipriano 6y agoThat figure includes detectives, who do often have a degree[0], removing them brings to total down to $63,150[1] for year round work. [0]https://www.learnhowtobecome.org/detective/ https://www.learnhowtobecome.org/detective/ [1]https://www.bls.gov/ooh/protective-service/mobile/police-and-detectives.htm https://www.bls.gov/ooh/protective-service/mobile/police-and...
- plafl 6y agoThe IQ thing blew my mind, although to be honest "low IQ" is not correct since average policemen IQ is slightly above average. Suddenly I'm reminded of Brave New World.
- danieltillett 6y agoDoes any have a reference for the evidence of high intelligence make the police more likely to leave the job early? I wonder what a police force recruited only from the intelligent would be like? The great thing about IQ tests if you are smart is it is easy to pretend to be stupid.