Who Knew?

Stephen Hayward posts at Power Line about a U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals okaying discriminating against a candidate for police work on the grounds that he scored too high on an IQ test.

New London police interviewed only candidates who scored 20 to 27, on the theory that those who scored too high could get bored with police work and leave soon after undergoing costly training.

The average score nationally for police officers is 21 to 22, the equivalent of an IQ of 104, or just a little above average.

Amazing ... and I thought the few bright people who become cops got promoted to detective or spokescop or captain. How silly of me, we can't have smart police, it would be unfair to the criminals.