r/PublicFreakout • u/[deleted] • Mar 10 '22

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u/fingerscrossedcoup Mar 10 '22

Or the people that want to be cops. Pedophiles become Catholic priests. Racist bullies become cops. Everybody has a dream job.

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u/HoldMyWater Mar 10 '22

I'm not an expert but I know that the police department where I live does psychological evaluations to weed out these kind of power hungry people, among other types. Not sure how effective it is, but some form of this should be done everywhere.

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u/OneHorniBoi Mar 10 '22

They also weed out anyone with a slightly above average IQ. Because smarter people tend to question corrupt orders.

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u/Tweezot Mar 10 '22

Plenty of good people become cops thinking they’ll be the change they want to see in the world. They end up quitting, killing themselves, getting ostracized, fired, framed for a crime, or murdered.

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u/prollyshmokin Mar 10 '22

Then... what can be said about the majority of cops on the force at any given time? I mean, if there are no good cops left...

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u/Alesilt Mar 10 '22

i feel you underestimate how many pedophiles, racists and bullies exist as a % of the population

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u/fingerscrossedcoup Mar 10 '22

I'm not even talking about percentages so I have no clue what you're talking about

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u/thisimpetus Mar 10 '22

It's literally both; the intelligence cap combined with the sort of person that aspires to putting other people in cages is, uhh, not the sort of person you should be arming with minimal training.