[Orangedog]

The BETTER and BEST police departments in the West do extensive psychological testing on ALL their recruits. No sane police department wants gun-toting, badge-wearing nut cases on their police forces.

Not extensive enough. Unless they are trying to get high school wrestling team rejects. They don't want anyone too smart on the force, either. That's why the courts said they are allowed to exclude applicants who score too high on the IQ test. They just want animals that will blindly follow whatever orders they given.

[cloudmountain]

Not extensive enough. Unless they are trying to get high school wrestling team rejects. They don't want anyone too smart on the force, either. That's why the courts said they are allowed to exclude applicants who score too high on the IQ test. They just want animals that will blindly follow whatever orders they given.

I just wrote to another poster that I once applied to a big city police department for a job. I thought it was a fair, balanced act. Police ARE of a certain nature, just as politicians, soldiers, athletes, actors, etc., generally are.

I did take the I.Q. test. The tester, an older guy, said that I probably wouldn't be happy as a police office because my IQ was too high. It's NOT that high but I got his point.
I finished the Academy but didn't take the job because I got the REAL job I wanted, NOT in police enforcement.

I SHOULD have known better than to post something positive about police departments on this site.
10,000 apologies!

[vette6387]

“They just want animals that will blindly follow whatever orders they given.”

You mean like the USPS “armed rangers?