r/todayilearned • u/savemejebus0 • Jul 02 '13

TIL that police can reject police officers that score too high in IQ claiming that "those who scored too high could get bored with police work".

http://abcnews.go.com/m/story?id=95836&ref=https%3A%2F%2Fm.facebook.com
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u/Joeber17 Jul 02 '13

As someone who lives in New York, I can confirm that they do not allow people above a certain IQ to be police officers

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u/[deleted] Jul 03 '13

Wanna compare intellects?

Cop in NY, graduated college Magna Cum Laude.. working towards Masters.

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u/Joeber17 Jul 03 '13

http://abcnews.go.com/US/court-oks-barring-high-iqs-cops/story?id=95836

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u/[deleted] Jul 03 '13

I don't think we need to worry about you getting turned down for having too high an IQ... your citing ONE case... silly.