The stringent standards employed by most police departments mean they routinely reject 95 percent of their applicants, so to hire about 300 officers, 3,000 need to apply.
Where I went to school, a 95% rejection rate of 3,000 applicants would leave 150, not 300 officers left.
13 posted on 06/28/2006 8:38:34 PM PDT by Richard-SIA
("The natural progress of things is for government to gain ground and for liberty to yield" JEFFERSON)