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How smart is your average police officer?
Posted on 5/19/17 at 8:30 am
Posted on 5/19/17 at 8:30 am
I think police officers have an incredibly difficult job and they do a great service.*
But I can't help but feel that a large segment of police officers aren't the brightest bulbs in the box. This is a problem because we're giving them increasingly more authority. There are even reports of police officers being denied jobs because their IQs are too high.
I've never had any problems with the police or been arrested, and I'm always as respectful as can be. But I feel like a lot of these guys would be better off with wooden guns, Barney Fife style.
*I'm as pro law and order as it gets. I'm also pro public hangings and torture for serious offenses like murder and cruising in the left lane.
But I can't help but feel that a large segment of police officers aren't the brightest bulbs in the box. This is a problem because we're giving them increasingly more authority. There are even reports of police officers being denied jobs because their IQs are too high.
I've never had any problems with the police or been arrested, and I'm always as respectful as can be. But I feel like a lot of these guys would be better off with wooden guns, Barney Fife style.
*I'm as pro law and order as it gets. I'm also pro public hangings and torture for serious offenses like murder and cruising in the left lane.
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Posted on 5/19/17 at 8:31 am to Pecker
Do you know EVERY law?
Neither do they.
Neither do they.
Posted on 5/19/17 at 8:32 am to Pecker
The only cops I personally know where pretty much screw offs in high school who stayed in trouble.
Posted on 5/19/17 at 8:32 am to Pecker
Too stupid for college?
Too unstable for the military?
We have a career for you.
"Protect and serve!"
Too unstable for the military?
We have a career for you.
"Protect and serve!"
This post was edited on 5/19/17 at 8:34 am
Posted on 5/19/17 at 8:32 am to Pecker
quote:
How smart is your average police officer?
Not very.
Posted on 5/19/17 at 8:33 am to Pecker
As times have gotten more and more difficult in this environment to "police" i would suspect that the quality of candidate wanting to join the ranks, especially in large urban environments, would dimish.
Posted on 5/19/17 at 8:35 am to Pecker
I think you need to distinguish the type. Your average state trooper is probably above average, your small town, rural parish cop probably average or below, and your EBR and NOPD cop probably varies depending on the person but some are for sure above average.
This post was edited on 5/19/17 at 8:37 am
Posted on 5/19/17 at 8:35 am to Pecker
quote:
How smart is your average police officer?
Pointless question. The average person is incredibly stupid. The average group of anything is probably pretty stupid sans like doctors and lawyers.
Posted on 5/19/17 at 8:36 am to Pecker
I probably wouldn't put them up there in the ranks with Flat Earth scientists, but they have to be pretty damn intelligent to do that job.
Do you know how smart you have to be to detect the smell of pot in a car that 99% of people would think didn't have pot in it?
Do you know how smart you have to be to detect the smell of pot in a car that 99% of people would think didn't have pot in it?
Posted on 5/19/17 at 8:38 am to FulshearTiger
Wouldn't the "average" person be of average intelligence?
Maybe this deputy sheriff is too dumb to understand...
Maybe this deputy sheriff is too dumb to understand...
Posted on 5/19/17 at 8:38 am to Pecker
I'm sure Harvard or Yale has conducted some blind studies
Posted on 5/19/17 at 8:39 am to bgoodwin
"Think of how dumb the average person is. Half of people are dumber than that."
-George Carlin
-George Carlin
Posted on 5/19/17 at 8:40 am to Pecker
Extremely smart for what they are paid. In most places starting pay is near poverty level, so that is the major problem. And, you'd be amazed how shorthanded nearly, or all, police departments are in reference to how many citizens each officer serves.
This post was edited on 5/19/17 at 8:43 am
Posted on 5/19/17 at 8:40 am to Pecker
Every cop is illiterate with a micro penis. Fact.
Posted on 5/19/17 at 8:42 am to Pecker
Well, the only real qualification required to become a cop is desire to become a cop so that should tell you something.
It's a low paying, low respect, high risk job where you only need to be able to pass training to get on the streets. What kind of applicants do you think it draws?
That said, I have a friend who was a cop for a while after getting out of the army. He went to college, served as an army ranger, and then became a cop for a short while. He is very smart and I respect the hell out of him, but his kind is not common
It's a low paying, low respect, high risk job where you only need to be able to pass training to get on the streets. What kind of applicants do you think it draws?
That said, I have a friend who was a cop for a while after getting out of the army. He went to college, served as an army ranger, and then became a cop for a short while. He is very smart and I respect the hell out of him, but his kind is not common
Posted on 5/19/17 at 8:42 am to Pecker
I know you asked for the average, but it greatly depends on the agency. I have been around LSP troopers a lot due to my job and they seem very sharp and intelligent as a whole.
Posted on 5/19/17 at 8:43 am to LucasP
Cop penis your fetish?
This post was edited on 5/19/17 at 8:44 am
Posted on 5/19/17 at 8:45 am to Pecker
I've got a buddy who's a sergeant and is very intelligent. I went to a party of his and they had a bunch of his street cops there. 3/4 of them were fricking half retarded. No lie.
This post was edited on 5/19/17 at 8:49 am
Posted on 5/19/17 at 8:46 am to Pecker
Small town? Pretty fricking stupid. Source: from a small town
Big City? All over the map but generally of average-below average intelligence. Good and bad mix.
State Police? Usually very well mannered and smart from experiences being pulled over many times and knowing 2 Staties personally.
Big City? All over the map but generally of average-below average intelligence. Good and bad mix.
State Police? Usually very well mannered and smart from experiences being pulled over many times and knowing 2 Staties personally.
Posted on 5/19/17 at 8:47 am to BigPerm30
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Sargent
Oh the irony.
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