Police recruits are purposely selected for low intelligence
Reality is much scarier than that. The average police recruit is actually slightly above average intelligence. Which means the "idiot cops" you see are actually smarter than the average person. We live in a world of idiots.
Police departments filter out anyone above a certain IQ threshold, yes, but they also filter out anyone below one, leaving an average around 105 IQ last I checked. This was before diversity became our strength, however, so this may have changed.
Reality is much scarier than that. The average police recruit is actually slightly above average intelligence. Which means the "idiot cops" you see are actually smarter than the average person. We live in a world of idiots.
Police departments filter out anyone above a certain IQ threshold, yes, but they also filter out anyone below one, leaving an average around 105 IQ last I checked. This was before diversity became our strength, however, so this may have changed.