One of my friends from high school has considered becoming a cop because criminology is easy. He was always a little chuddy but more because he wasn't that bright and came from a poor background. He was usually well intentioned.

  • Funkydick [none/use name]
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    3 years ago

    I’ve seen your take more than once in the wild

    They literally have intelligence tests, and if you score too high they won't let you enter the police academy. They consider it a waste of resources to train you because you'll just quit out of boredom.

    • TrudeauCastroson [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      I think there's an unconscious implication in your comment that low IQ people can't be nice or develop class consciousness, and I think a dumb person who means well can become a cop and quit because they don't want to beat up homeless people.

      I also think you're falling hard into good cop fallacy, where if more good people became cops the institution suddenly wouldn't suck, which discounts the history of the police, what they do, how they protect capital, and the defund movement.

      I have heard that IQ test thing before but it's largely irrelevant tbh, they have other non-IQ tests to weed out people who don't have terminal cases of cop-mentality. And not all places with bad cops even do the high IQ based filtering

      • Funkydick [none/use name]
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        3 years ago

        I think there’s an unconscious implication in your comment that low IQ people can’t be nice

        Where'd you even get that? That thought is in your brain, not mine. I said they won't let people whose IQ is too high into the police academy.

        I think low IQ people are some of the nicest in the world. They don't become CEOs or start wars. You know who starts wars? High IQ people.

        • TrudeauCastroson [he/him]
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          3 years ago

          Well to me it seems like you implied high IQ cops would fix the issue.

          They stop higher IQ people because they think they'll get bored, not because they think they'll fix the system.

          If you aren't making the point I read into it then I just don't understand why you brought up the IQ tests. To me it's not relevant unless you're making that point. And I see libs bring it up a lot like if we pay more then smart people become cops then problem solved.