| ▲ | Moomoomoo309 12 hours ago | |
To be fair, there is legal precedent for cops not being too smart. https://ny.prelawland.com/post/719662253773832192/too-smart-... They're allowed to not hire someone if their IQ is too high. The stereotype is at the very least based on truth, and has been affirmed legally. | ||
| ▲ | tptacek 7 hours ago | parent [-] | |
People keep saying this and this case from 2000 is the one instance anybody has been able to cite. Most police agencies use standardized domain-specific written exams --- the PELLETB, NTN, IOS --- that are both not general cognitive exams and have no ceiling score. This really seems like one of those too-perfect Internet myths that just isn't ever going to die. I think the balance of evidence is that if you picked any police department in the US out at random, it would have the opposite of the incentive claimed in your comment, and no ceiling on general cognitive ability whatsoever. | ||