I was just watching a rerun of The Mentalist on the telly where Cho and Rigsby needed to jump over a big fence (and they did so in an, might I add, everyday manner) and a thought came to my head: why do our police officers need to meet the highest physical standards and, yet, need not be in the (at least) equal intellectual shape?
Physical strength is perhaps valued over mental strength? Mental strength is a bit together to measure than intellectual strength as well, it's a flawed system but it's the only system we have I guess.
ReplyDeleteI love the The Mentalist by the way, nice taste buddy :)
well,most of them also don't reach the highest physical standards, in my opinion:P
ReplyDeleteno clue
ReplyDeleteMaybe that's were the donut eating cops fit in?
ReplyDelete'cause otherwise cop shows would get boring, I guess.
ReplyDeleteGood question. I'm thinking those that are smart, get promoted to detective quickly.
ReplyDeleteMany reasons i guess. Really smart people dont want to be a cop. Also the cops you see on the streets, are not the smartest, the smartests are in the labs or working as detectives or stuff like that.
ReplyDeleteBecause that would require paying cops a lot more money.
ReplyDeletehuh?
ReplyDeletei dont know..sorry
ReplyDeleteYou should meet some Mexican cops...
ReplyDeleteChief Wiggum on the Simpsons is hilarious because he's fat and pretty much useless!
ReplyDeletehey, a lot of police officers in my town aren't exactly excellent in either of those...
ReplyDeleteWith less brains one gains speed and amazing crime-fighting capabilities :D
ReplyDeleteThe answer is simple: Not many people are intellegent and if you had to be to be a cop we wouldn't have many cops.
ReplyDeleteAgree with Bersercules!
ReplyDelete“We talk about civilization as though it’s a static state. There are no civilized people yet, it’s a process that’s constantlygoing on… As long as you have war, police, prisons, crime, you are in the early stages of civilization.”
ReplyDeleteJacque Fresco
many reasons but also i am with 2 pesos you should meet mexican cops XD
ReplyDeleteHow would you measure that? If you leave it up to someone it can pass as discrimination. If you leave it up to IQ you're missing out on a lot of people who's minds work different (but are still smart, you know the ones right?)
ReplyDeleteI agree, but it's just.. difficult.
Also, is Bersecules a cop?
I totally agree. I believe the educational standards for our peace officers should be increased. They should also receive more in-depth psychological training.
ReplyDeleteCome in my country ;)
ReplyDeletehaha dont know.
ReplyDeleteHaha, that's great!
ReplyDeleteI've seen trailer for the Mentalist..seems like interesting show
ReplyDelete@all: The cops from my tend to be really borderline retarded. But some of the points made here in the comments actually make some sense.
ReplyDeletewell the mentalist is one of the more intelligent shows to be watching right now I think. :)
ReplyDeleteI wish we had some more intelligent cops. I imagine the comments are right regarding the intelligent ones moving up the ranks while the toolsheds for brains stay on standard patrol.
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