Police Misconduct: Tracked

[revbob]

Also this which I put in the VT thread.
Local police decided to stage a mock shooting for high school students

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[Dr. Medulla]

That reminds me of an episode of Michael Moore's TV Nation that had a feature about a guy whose application to join a local police force was rejected because his IQ was too high.

[Kory]

That reminds me of an episode of Michael Moore's TV Nation that had a feature about a guy whose application to join a local police force was rejected because his IQ was too high.

I'd imagine like the military, they want people that won't question authority.

[Dr. Medulla]

That reminds me of an episode of Michael Moore's TV Nation that had a feature about a guy whose application to join a local police force was rejected because his IQ was too high.

I'd imagine like the military, they want people that won't question authority.

Yes, but is high IQ correlated with questioning authority?

[Kory]

That reminds me of an episode of Michael Moore's TV Nation that had a feature about a guy whose application to join a local police force was rejected because his IQ was too high.

I'd imagine like the military, they want people that won't question authority.

Yes, but is high IQ correlated with questioning authority?

No, but I would guess that it's a lot more likely to be the case than the other way around.

[Dr. Medulla]

That reminds me of an episode of Michael Moore's TV Nation that had a feature about a guy whose application to join a local police force was rejected because his IQ was too high.

I'd imagine like the military, they want people that won't question authority.

Yes, but is high IQ correlated with questioning authority?

No, but I would guess that it's a lot more likely to be the case than the other way around.

I legit don't know, but I'd suggest that rebelliousness is as rooted in experience and/or genetics as it is in capacity for abstract thought and reasoning.

[Kory]

That reminds me of an episode of Michael Moore's TV Nation that had a feature about a guy whose application to join a local police force was rejected because his IQ was too high.

I'd imagine like the military, they want people that won't question authority.

Yes, but is high IQ correlated with questioning authority?

No, but I would guess that it's a lot more likely to be the case than the other way around.

I legit don't know, but I'd suggest that rebelliousness is as rooted in experience and/or genetics as it is in capacity for abstract thought and reasoning.

I totally agree, it just seems that someone with a high IQ is going to be pretty unlikely to just follow orders they don't agree with. Unless it benefits them in some other way, I guess...which is also probably not desirable for any recruiters. It's at least something concrete they can use to thin out the applicants as opposed to something they don't know about like experience or genetics.

[Dr. Medulla]

I'd imagine like the military, they want people that won't question authority.

Yes, but is high IQ correlated with questioning authority?

No, but I would guess that it's a lot more likely to be the case than the other way around.

I legit don't know, but I'd suggest that rebelliousness is as rooted in experience and/or genetics as it is in capacity for abstract thought and reasoning.

I totally agree, it just seems that someone with a high IQ is going to be pretty unlikely to just follow orders they don't agree with. Unless it benefits them in some other way, I guess...which is also probably not desirable for any recruiters. It's at least something concrete they can use to thin out the applicants as opposed to something they don't know about like experience or genetics.

Yeah, I can see that. Not a perfect test, but presumed to be better than nothing, at least for an early means of thinning the pool. There has to be more involved psychiatric testing, too.

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[Flex]

Holy shit that's good

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[gkbill]

Hello,

The hiring practices of many departments don't appear to be thorough.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/deputy-fatal ... 46585.html