A US man has been rejected in his bid to become a police officer for scoring too high on an intelligence test.
Robert Jordan, a 49-year-old college graduate, took an exam to join the New London police, in Connecticut, in 1996 and scored 33 points, the equivalent of an IQ of 125.
But 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.
Mr Jordan launched a federal lawsuit against the city, but lost.
The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York upheld a lower court's decision that the city did not discriminate against Mr Jordan because the same standards were applied to everyone who took the test.
He said: "This kind of puts an official face on discrimination in America against people of a certain class. I maintain you have no more control over your basic intelligence than your eye color or your gender or anything else."
He said he does not plan to take any further legal action and has worked as a prison guard since he took the test.
The average score nationally for police officers is 21 to 22,
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Then they should have a minimum period of time (years) a trained policeman should stay employed. Or else they can reject anyone and claim it to risk of training costs.
Re: Police reject candidate for being too intelligent
no no people it wasnt me
i think this is the case of someone being over qualified and the other police offers probly would have been jeaalous or somethin, but police need some intelligent people, it would have helped them, meeh
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What?! loooool this is liek a joke right? r they retarded?! omg wow. they want dumber cops i guess....cops are dumb enough already , and i gess this is one of the reasons why........the other reason is they too lazy to do ther job so dey put ya on hold when u house on fire:X
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