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LSU Removes Requirement That The Chief of Police Have a College Degree
Posted on 11/17/17 at 3:44 pm
Posted on 11/17/17 at 3:44 pm
WAFB
I can't imagine how, in 2017, it's a bright idea to hire someone without a college degree to lead a UNIVERSITY police force.
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BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB) -
LSU has removed the long-standing requirement that the university’s chief of police have a college degree.
Acting Chief Bart Thompson, who has applied for the chief’s job, has completed college coursework, but does not have a college degree.
The change was made on November 8, when the position was changed from unclassified to classified.
Thompson was moved into the position after former Chief Lawrence Rabalais abruptly retired last June.
The college degree requirement has been a sticking point for LSU in the past.
When Rabalais was put in the job on an interim basis following the departure of Chief Ricky Adams, LSU allowed Rabalais time to obtain his degree. Once Rabalais received his degree, he was officially hired as the LSU police chief.
I can't imagine how, in 2017, it's a bright idea to hire someone without a college degree to lead a UNIVERSITY police force.
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Posted on 11/17/17 at 3:46 pm to TigersSEC2010
Got give all those baws a fair shot
Posted on 11/17/17 at 3:47 pm to TigersSEC2010
degrees are pretty much worthless these days; non-STEM degrees are basically high school diplomas now. def dont need a police chief to have one
Posted on 11/17/17 at 3:49 pm to TigersSEC2010
Why should we care if a police chief went to college?
Posted on 11/17/17 at 3:50 pm to Carson123987
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degrees are pretty much worthless these days; non-STEM degrees are basically high school diplomas now. def dont need a police chief to have one
There is some truth to this, but it's overstated
I don't care what you learned as a liberal arts student. At least you've spent a few years around other moderately successful people and at least some intellectual pursuit you set out to achieve.
And of course, not all liberal arts degrees are the same, and even the same degrees can vary by student and by school. I'm sure you can go get a lib arts degree at a school like LSU and make it fairly challenging for yourself if you're so inclined.
Posted on 11/17/17 at 3:52 pm to Pettifogger
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There is some truth to this, but it's overstated
I don't care what you learned as a liberal arts student. At least you've spent a few years around other moderately successful people and at least some intellectual pursuit you set out to achieve.
And of course, not all liberal arts degrees are the same, and even the same degrees can vary by student and by school. I'm sure you can go get a lib arts degree at a school like LSU and make it fairly challenging for yourself if you're so inclined.
yeah, it's just a generality. most of my friends that went for psychology and sociology and whatnot are waiters and bank tellers
not to say you cant succeed without STEM, you just have to have a strong network or pursue postgrad work
Posted on 11/17/17 at 3:53 pm to Carson123987
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degrees are pretty much worthless these days; non-STEM degrees are basically high school diplomas now. def dont need a police chief to have one
AMEN
Posted on 11/17/17 at 3:54 pm to jdeval1
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Why should we care if a police chief went to college?
I'd like to have some assurance that the baw leading the police force isn't a complete dumbass who stumbled into police work 30 years ago because he had nothing else going for him.
Posted on 11/17/17 at 3:56 pm to TigersSEC2010
Posted on 11/17/17 at 3:56 pm to TigersSEC2010
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I'd like to have some assurance that the baw leading the police force isn't a complete dumbass who stumbled into police work 30 years ago because he had nothing else going for him.
I'm pretty sure that Jeff Leduff wasn't a college graduate and he ran a much larger force and was good at it. I just don't see where History 1001 helps with the job.
I'd rather him have extensive on the job experience.
Posted on 11/17/17 at 3:56 pm to Carson123987
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degrees are pretty much worthless these days; non-STEM degrees are basically high school diplomas now
I wouldn't necessarily call finance a worthless degree...
Posted on 11/17/17 at 3:57 pm to Carson123987
I think the degree vs no degree is a hard call, because the value of a degree is case by case, and the merits of a not-degreed person are as well.
I tend to think it's an overused threshold but I don't blame employers for using it as a filter. If they're so easily achieved, it's shouldn't take much effort to check that box, right? On the other side, there are certainly examples where it would have been a waste of a career path to simply "check the box" by getting a degree, and much more valuable experience and maturity was gained elsewhere. I don't know how common that scenario is, but it obviously happens.
I tend to think it's an overused threshold but I don't blame employers for using it as a filter. If they're so easily achieved, it's shouldn't take much effort to check that box, right? On the other side, there are certainly examples where it would have been a waste of a career path to simply "check the box" by getting a degree, and much more valuable experience and maturity was gained elsewhere. I don't know how common that scenario is, but it obviously happens.
Posted on 11/17/17 at 3:57 pm to TigersSEC2010
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I'd like to have some assurance that the baw leading the police force isn't a complete dumbass
You think a college degree in any way shape or form assures you of this?
Posted on 11/17/17 at 3:58 pm to Bayou_Tiger_225
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I wouldn't necessarily call finance a worthless degree...
it's a fine degree....if you're coming from a named school.
a finance degree from LSU carries no weight, so you better have some connections
Posted on 11/17/17 at 3:58 pm to TigersSEC2010
LSU police are fricking idiots
Posted on 11/17/17 at 4:00 pm to Carson123987
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degrees are pretty much worthless these days; non-STEM degrees are basically high school diplomas now. def dont need a police chief to have one
That’s pretty poor logic. If they’re so easy to get, it looks extra bad to not have one
Posted on 11/17/17 at 4:01 pm to Breesus
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You think a college degree in any way shape or form assures you of this?
Certainly not. However, it's a strong standard, especially if your force will be patrolling a university.
Posted on 11/17/17 at 4:01 pm to Breesus
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You think a college degree in any way shape or form assures you of this?
An airbag doesn't assure that you'll survive a car wreck either. It still raises your odds significantly though.
Same thing here. While a college degree doesn't mean the person has a brain it does give you a hell of a lot more insight into their intellect.
This post was edited on 11/17/17 at 4:03 pm
Posted on 11/17/17 at 4:03 pm to TigersSEC2010
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However, it's a strong standard, especially if your force will be patrolling a university
Highway Patrolman should have civil engineering degrees in order to better understand how a road system works.
Posted on 11/17/17 at 4:04 pm to TigersSEC2010
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I can't imagine how, in 2017, it's a bright idea to hire someone without a college degree to lead a UNIVERSITY police force.
I'd rather someone with experience and without a degree over someone with a degree in gender studies.
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