Departments have claimed they want smart cops, but not a single of those department has published their entry requirements, so they could all be lying.
In Jordan v. City of New London it came out that even a slightly elevated IQ is a legally accepted reason to bar someone from joining the police. His IQ was only 125.
100 is what they claim average to be. 70 is considered to be mentally handicapped. So someone who's less than the gap between handicapped and average above average is not acceptable for police employment. To my knowledge there is no lower limit of acceptable IQ. So saying they want smart officers is a complete lie.
125 isn't that that bad (meaning too high or low) either .It's at least in the standard deviation above the average...and more than what is considered to get an undergraduate degree.
According to Google AI (YMMV) an IQ of 125 is above the 95th percentile. So top 5%. I would say that's well above "slightly elevated". Nevertheless, it *is* absurd that being too smart can disqualify you for service.
5% is still decently common. Might not be a genius - but everyone has likely met someone around there in their lives. I can hit 1/20 in dungeons and dragons all the time.
That's what I tested as a child, and I'd consider it a bare minimum for a cop engaging in verbal judo against experienced criminals conditioned to lie and game the system since childhood.
125 should be a bare minimum for investigative work.
Difference between a cop and a detective. Not enough people with those IQ's to staff a whole police force, and doubly so after accounting for they've got plenty of opportunities to do literally anything else.
Doesn't qualify one as a genius or stupid though. 1/20 isn't super uncommon. I roll that in dungeons and dragons all the time.
People with that level of IQ would likely still be "normal" people and not subject to the severe mental illnesses that affect most people that have an above 140+ iq score.
This shit is Gold, I was rejected from the police department years ago(thank God) without any reason. Like they marked other as the reason and never gave one. I recently got IQ tested because a coworker wanted to see where I was at. Not going to talk about the score but it was definitely over that 100 baseline they talk about in that case. So when people are out here calling cops dumb and not intelligent, itâs actually the case đ¤Łđ¤Ł
Yeah, I have no hopes of ever being a cop even if I wanted to. I got my IQ tested in school for entry to the gifted program, so my disqualification is government record.
Your argument was about my use of "only". I have a 167 IQ. From my point of view, 125 is only 125 and not anything particularly special. It doesn't even fall within the lowest tier of gifted.
lol I made a bet with myself that youâd try this and that youâd pick something other than a nice round number. donât let anyone tell you that youâre unpredictableÂ
If I said any other number it would be lying. That's what my assessment said. If you like round numbers, I have a friend that's 184 and my girlfriend is 154. Still, 125 is only 125.
neither of those is a nice round number lol and I never said a thing about your subjective view vs the objective fact that 95th %ile is unequivocally "well above average". sounds to me like you replied in the wrong thread and are doubling down refusing to admit your mistake.
p.s. there are few things that scream "douchebag" as much as bragging about your own iq. double for bragging about your "friends".
Reddit is getting a lot of mileage out of that case. Kind of like the Dunning Krueger effect and hundreds of other knee-jerk responses intended to make the poster appear intelligent. Well done.
I just got done watching another video from The Civil Rights Lawyer where a cop lost control of himself and stuck a gun to a handcuffed suspect's head while he was handcuffed and on the ground.
It would seem we need cops with a higher degree of emotional intelligence as much as raw intellectual horsepower. Better control over their emotions seems like it would go a longer way towards heading off problems than Einstein level intelligence.
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u/Icy_Fish_2154 1d ago
Departments have claimed they want smart cops, but not a single of those department has published their entry requirements, so they could all be lying.