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[–] 45 points 11 months ago

Dangerous for the other 74% going around undiagnosed...

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  • [–] 25 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    Departments also prefer to limit their IQ to ~104 because if you’re too smart you won’t make a good cop

    https://abcnews.go.com/amp/US/court-oks-barring-high-iqs-cops/story?id=95836

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  • [+] -8 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 child)

    Look, I hate pigs with all of my soul. I have suffered at their hands, many, MANY times. But that was a one-off case. A case 25 years ago.

    Yes, I know, you're so smart for digging that up. I got cookies? Want a cookie?

    EDIT: No one got a rebuttal? No one can say I'm wrong here? Isn't that something. Going on your gut instinct? Like anti-vaxxers?

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  • [–] 17 points 11 months ago (3 children)

    Mental instability sounds more like a requirement than a detriment

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  • [–] 7 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    If you didn’t have it before joining, you’ll have it after all the ‘training’ that consists of showing a million videos of cops getting shot!

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  • [–] 6 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    To be fair, "An estimated 26% of Americans ages 18 and older -- about 1 in 4 adults -- suffers from a diagnosable mental disorder in a given year."

    Hopkins Source

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