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Originally Posted by Jordo!
Is that for real?
If so, that is bizarre. And yes, it's discrimination.
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Yeah, it's for real.
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Whatever that test measures, it's unlikely to reflect more than a fraction of what we consider "intelligence" anyway.
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Maybe so, but the department thinks it measures something they don't want. Critical thinking? I saw in another article they also screen out people who have (too much?) compassion. So they want dispassionate and average intellect police officers, apparently.
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In any case, the more intelligent applicants will deliberately score low to avoid that problem, at least if they are informed of it.
Also, what does that say about those eventually being promoted to a detective? Why try and limit your key problem-solvers on intellect?
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I agree - but maybe they recruit college grads in a different way for detective track? Not sure.