It's worse than that: some police departments will actively reject you if you're too smart. There are lots of stories about this which you can find with a quick

It's worse than that: some police departments will actively reject you if you're too smart. There are lots of stories about this which you can find with a quick search, including this one where someone was dismissed and lost their court case: http://abcnews.go.com/US/court-oks-barring-high-iqs-cops/story?id=95836 http://abcnews.go.com/US/court-oks-barring-high-iqs-cops/sto...