Why Are Our New (Police) Recruits Misfits, Morons & Malcontents?

[Geno]

From the Heart

Seriously, I believe that the "bad" percentage is equal in ALL occupations. It is not a good/bad cop, it is a good/bad everything. There are good/bad teachers, preachers, police, ambulance drivers, bus drivers, cooks, electricians, plumbers, etc. There is a reason for this. We live in a social system. Our social system has certain universal values. Most adhere to the values (norms)…the good. Some do not…the bad. We pull employees from the social system. Ergo, the bad is not in the occupation, it is in our society. Come up with a better interview tool to isolate the bad, and you’ll come up with better employees…in ALL occupations. I don't intend to bash specifically police, I intend to bash the bad whatever the occupation.

Doc2005

 

[Steve 48]

It certainly fits small towns because of the pay. I really don't know about the larger towns around. We have too many Barney Fifes here!! Steve48

 

[Thin Black Line]

I lifted up my shirt, and showed him my still shaved stomach filled with staples, some of which had worked loose and started to bleed. "Whatever, dude."

Well, at least you got to run.... (Note smilie with glasses)

The shrink was brought in from Berkley. No, I'm not making that up. He flunked everyone that had been a jock, every martial artist, every competitive person, and obviously, every gun person. I got checked off every one of those. I was dismissed as being too aggresive, and with a personality that "did not like to lose."

Just wondering if he gave you an MMPI or was this back in the time of the Rorshach?

 

[velojym]

Tyrannical politicians and bureaucrats need more cops who will entirely ignore the Bill o' Rights, preferably those who have no familiarity at all with them. (They'll have grown up learning about the Right to Housing, the Right to Healthcare, the Right to a Gubmint Check, etc., but nothing about real rights)
You need immoral thugs to kick in doors, stomp kittens, shoot dogs, beat pregnant women until they miscarry, all over possession of certain plants, certain guns (if not all of 'em, soon), failure to know and obey *every* law on the books (not even lawyers know 'em all, yet "Ignorance Is No Excuse")

Ya need thugs to run a police state, and that's what they're hiring.

 

[KINGMAX]

It really makes you wonder ?????????

 

[F4GIB]

Seriously, I believe that the "bad" percentage is equal in ALL occupations.

No. There are "bad" people in all occupational catagories but not the same percentage.

Some jobs attract more people who are more likely to exhibit negative tendencies. Furthermore, some jobs (as part of the attraction) offer more opportunity to put those negative tendencies into action to the harm of others.

A bigoted, physically abusive accountant may still be capable of adding a column of numbers and will hurt himself more than his co-workers (because he won't be able to hold a quality job).

 

[Correia]

Just wondering if he gave you an MMPI or was this back in the time of the Rorshach?

The first part was this huge multiple choice test. It was ridiculous. It was all moral questions, that were asked over and over and over, to see if you were consistent. I want to say it was like 1,000 questions. (no I kid you not). My hand ached from filling in the little stupid bubbles.

You need immoral thugs to kick in doors, stomp kittens, shoot dogs, beat pregnant women until they miscarry, all over possession of certain plants, certain guns (if not all of 'em, soon), failure to know and obey *every* law on the books (not even lawyers know 'em all, yet "Ignorance Is No Excuse")

I don't know where you live. But it sucks. And I'm glad I'm not there.

I work with a lot of cops now. Most of them are totally normal people.

 

[justashooter]

Yes, all cops suck, and only do it to jackboot your freedom. Yes, it is all about you. Moving right along.

One department turned me down because I finished the 1.5 mile run 12 seconds too slow. This was three weeks after I had had abdominal surgery, and I even still had the staples in my stomach. I was also the biggest person in the run by 50 pounds, was bench pressing 100 pounds over my body weight, and had no doubt that I could beat the crap out of any two of the other applicants, at the same time.

The shrink was brought in from Berkley. No, I'm not making that up. He flunked everyone that had been a jock, every martial artist, every competitive person, and obviously, every gun person. I got checked off every one of those. I was dismissed as being too aggresive, and with a personality that "did not like to lose."

At that point, we had had our first child, I was broke, sick of applying, and found out that I could make twice as much as an entry level accountant.

some do, because they have too much agressive instinct to be in a position of authority over other people. i'm glad to see you have directed your agressive instinct toward numbers.

 

[Correia]

Gee Justashooter, I'll sleep so much better at night knowing that I've earned your ultra valuable approval...

 

[pax]

Ummmm.

I think this one is done.

pax