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Post by aric on Oct 5, 2005 23:20:02 GMT -5
AnanovaPolice reject candidate for being too intelligentA US man has been rejected in his bid to become a police officer for scoring too high on an intelligence test. Robert Jordan, a 49-year-old college graduate, took an exam to join the New London police, in Connecticut, in 1996 and scored 33 points, the equivalent of an IQ of 125. But New London police interviewed only candidates who scored 20 to 27, on the theory that those who scored too high could get bored with police work and leave soon after undergoing costly training. Mr Jordan launched a federal lawsuit against the city, but lost. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York upheld a lower court's decision that the city did not discriminate against Mr Jordan because the same standards were applied to everyone who took the test. He said: "This kind of puts an official face on discrimination in America against people of a certain class. I maintain you have no more control over your basic intelligence than your eye color or your gender or anything else." He said he does not plan to take any further legal action and has worked as a prison guard since he took the test. The average score nationally for police officers is 21 to 22, the equivalent of an IQ of 104, or just a little above average. --------------------------------------------------- Huh... THAT inspires some confidence... - Aric
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Post by Vorchia on Oct 6, 2005 1:31:19 GMT -5
ROTFL.......
I know the intelligence of police officers sometimes questionable but this.... lol 125 isn't even THAT high... Criminals are of all classes, including some highly intelligent ones so yes it'd be handy if you have a few reasonably intelligent cops???
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Post by utoraptor3000 on Oct 6, 2005 2:53:42 GMT -5
what? that is outragious. i think everyone should get a chance intelegent or not
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Post by RedFeather on Oct 6, 2005 13:44:18 GMT -5
Yes, that is merely just another form of discrimination.
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Post by Stouthorn on Oct 6, 2005 16:03:36 GMT -5
what? that is outragious. i think everyone should get a chance intelegent or not On top of that, don't we WANT Policeman to be intelligent?
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Post by aric on Oct 7, 2005 2:41:53 GMT -5
Apparently, the police brass aren't considering the possibility that these smart folks might want to become detectives and such.
Also, they don't seem to know of the existence of supervillains...
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- Aric
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Post by Stouthorn on Oct 7, 2005 13:48:28 GMT -5
Actually you might be wrong there. In the same way that you're not allowed to be a policeman if your intelligence quotient is too high, they also deny you the badge if your superpower quotient is too high, the rationale being that someone with too high an SPQ will get bored with policework and want to don a cape.
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Post by SilvanoshiS on Oct 7, 2005 16:10:51 GMT -5
I want to don a cape... but I think I'm more cut out for the wanton death and distruction of supervillany.... I want to make an orbital bombardment laser.... I wonder *waders off*
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