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first time hearing about the high IQ thing
we all know that police departments are hiring people they shouldn’t but is there any truth to them turning away people they shouldn’t?
interesting on the amount of training too
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I'm glad the officer was sorry, and it seems he was sincere about it.
But this brings a big problem into focus: Police departments are not hiring the best or brightest, often on purpose. I have read that most of them don't want people who have high IQs. And many want strong personalities who will get tough easily, and some of those personalities are violent rage time bombs just waiting to go off.
Forget "defund the police"; it will be better to overhaul our police forces and replace all the bad apples with responsible, intelligent, and humane officers of he law.
Today's ranks contain many newspaper headlines just waiting to happen. And behind those headlines are always unqualified individuals who cost their jurisdictions untold millions in compensatory damages, as well as pain and tragedy in the community at large.
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They literally don't want cops to be too intelligent. Not too long ago a guy was rejected by the police academy for scoring too high on the IQ test. He sued and lost.
Norway: Requires 3 years of training. Between 2002-2016 they had 4 fatalities caused by police.
Finland: Requires a 3-year degree. Between 2000-2018 they had 7 fatalities caused by police.
Germany: Requires 2 years of training. Since 1990 they have had 267 fatalities caused by police.
USA: Requires a high school diploma and 21 weeks of training. In 2019 alone they had 1,004 fatalities caused by police.
The US requires more education and training to be a cosmetologist than a cop:
first time hearing about the high IQ thing
we all know that police departments are hiring people they shouldn’t but is there any truth to them turning away people they shouldn’t?
interesting on the amount of training too
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I'm glad the officer was sorry, and it seems he was sincere about it.
But this brings a big problem into focus: Police departments are not hiring the best or brightest, often on purpose. I have read that most of them don't want people who have high IQs. And many want strong personalities who will get tough easily, and some of those personalities are violent rage time bombs just waiting to go off.
Forget "defund the police"; it will be better to overhaul our police forces and replace all the bad apples with responsible, intelligent, and humane officers of he law.
Today's ranks contain many newspaper headlines just waiting to happen. And behind those headlines are always unqualified individuals who cost their jurisdictions untold millions in compensatory damages, as well as pain and tragedy in the community at large.
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They literally don't want cops to be too intelligent. Not too long ago a guy was rejected by the police academy for scoring too high on the IQ test. He sued and lost.
Norway: Requires 3 years of training. Between 2002-2016 they had 4 fatalities caused by police.
Finland: Requires a 3-year degree. Between 2000-2018 they had 7 fatalities caused by police.
Germany: Requires 2 years of training. Since 1990 they have had 267 fatalities caused by police.
USA: Requires a high school diploma and 21 weeks of training. In 2019 alone they had 1,004 fatalities caused by police.
The US requires more education and training to be a cosmetologist than a cop:
There are regional variations, but on average, the length of time to complete cosmetology training and licensing can be four to five years, not including high school. If you study part-time, it could take longer. During this time you will spend: Two years earning an associate degree.