A few years ago, in Connecticut, the news was that people who wanted to enter the police academy had to take a test (basically an IQ test). If you scored too high, they wouldn't let you be a cop.
I think I understand why they did that. In many situations, having a cop who thinks too much is a bad thing (if you want stupid laws enforced). Of course, there are those situations where you really wish the cop had a brain.
You want a cop who lives by the golden rule.
This would be one of them.
“A few years ago, in Connecticut, the news was that people who wanted to enter the police academy had to take a test (basically an IQ test). If you scored too high, they wouldn’t let you be a cop....”
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That’s an urban legend...unless, of course, Affirmative Action has entered the hiring picture. That’s the current situation with new Air Traffic Controllers being hired...they’re passing over highly qualified candidates who have studied aviation and ATC in college as well as military controllers who are certified air traffic controllers. In addition to passing over the highly qualified candidates (because they are mostly white) they also have been giving the blacks, who will be applying for ATC positions, the test answers in advance. Google and you’ll see this is a fact.
WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG!