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This is unfortunately true. Police qualification tests have a maximum score above which you will not be selected (often this is unwritten). They actively select
by semiquaver 3y ago
This is unfortunately true. Police qualification tests have a maximum score above which you will not be selected (often this is unwritten). They actively select against intelligence above a certain level, probably for good reason: what’s wanted is people who will shut up and take orders.
- simonjgreen 3y agoDo you have a source for that?
- semiquaver 3y agoNot a written one, this is coming from personal acquaintances involved in the police recruitment process. It looks like a sibling comment provided a source for a documented policy, which corroborates what I’ve been told: that this is nearly universal, even if it’s only documented in some jurisdictions.
- ftaghn 3y agohttps://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... This went to court and the man who sued for discrimination lost his case. > -- 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.
- simonjgreen 3y agoMind boggling
- spacechild1 3y agoWow, just wow.
- woodruffw 3y agoThe "famous" article for that is from 2000[1]. Smart, well-educated police are how you end up with Frank Serpico[2]. Most police forces don't want men like Serpico on their forces. [1]: 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... [2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Serpico https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Serpico