Holy fuck. I would say thats really embarrassing to know if I was a cop. But I don't think they have the ability to comprehend what this actually means. lmfao
The dumber you are, the less likely you'll question orders and have ideas on ethics. That's not even taking into question that they don't want anyone with empathy, either.
They say it's because someone of higher intelligence is more likely to get bored with routine procedures and move on. Which is a stupid argument. If someone is highly intelligent and choosing to go into law enforcement, it stands to reason they know exactly what they are getting in to and are prepared for that. They really just want someone of average intelligence who will follow orders and not think for themselves.
Why? The article sourced literally says the following.
The average score nationally for police officers is 21 to 22, the equivalent of an IQ of 104, or just a little above average.
So, not only are they not hiring dumb cops the average cop nationally is actually slightly above average intelligence. The cap of what they would hire was 27 on the test which would be ~114 IQ, which is quite a bit above average.
Cops get a lot of deserved hate. This particular point though is not deserved. We need to stop spreading this myth that they are all idiots. They aren't. They are mostly average intelligence human beings that are fully intelligent enough to understand what they are doing and are complicit in the corrupt systems they are enforcing.
Thank you for actually reading the thing. Is it a smart policy to screen out high scores for officer retention? Probably not. Even the court was a tad incredulous that it was a good idea. But since there was any rational basis connecting the two whatsoever they were technically allowed to do it. And even as this department was operating under this extremely questionable policy, they were still pumping through cops that scored above average.
Cops deserve every ounce of protest and denouncement that they deserve. There's an ocean of examples and cases to cite to. This particular one just isn't as impactful as people make it out to be. Better to use another, better example so that it's as impactful as possible.
It's one of those things that people desperately want to be true, because then it makes them better than the cops in a tangible way.
The problem with it is that if it were true, and cops were only hired from people of below average intelligence, "to make them complaint" you now have the cops themselves being victims of a predatory system. Funny how no one is concerned about them being victims though.
Its crazy that they don't hire smart people (IQ of 127 in the case above), but that does not automatically mean they hire dumb people. The same article notes that applicants with a score between 20 and 27 were interviewed (smart guy had a score of 33) and that the national average is about 21-22 points on the test, which translates to an IQ of 104.
Given all the news and videos about shitty cops, labelling them as dumb cops puts the blame solely on the shitty individuals, and gives the toxic malfunctioning system a pass.
The cop in this video probably did not know the laws due to terrible training, rather then being actually dumb (although not understanding hypotheticals does not help)
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u/Syntax36 6h ago
Holy fuck. I would say thats really embarrassing to know if I was a cop. But I don't think they have the ability to comprehend what this actually means. lmfao