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2008/6/12-13 [Politics/Foreign/MiddleEast/Others] UID:50239 Activity:kinda low
6/12    Brilliant! Police can bar recruits for having high IQ scores
        http://csua.org/u/lqs (NYTimes)
        \_ 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.
        \_ This is VERY old news.  I've been talking about cops who clearly
           "passed the IQ test" for like 9 years.
        \_ "Judge Dorsey ruled that Mr. Jordan was not denied equal protection
           because the city of New London applied the same standard to
           everyone: anyone who scored too high was rejected."
           I don't understand.  How is this different from other kinds of
           discrimination?  Can my company reject certain candidates and claim
           that we are not discriminating because "anyone who is race X is
           rejected" or "anyone who is mute is rejected"?
           \_ It has to do with qualification for the job. People are often
              rejected from jobs for being "over-qualified", no?
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Save Published: September 9, 1999 A Federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit by a man who was barred from the New London police force because he scored too high on an intelligence test. In a ruling made public on Tuesday, Judge Peter C Dorsey of the United States District Court in New Haven agreed that the plaintiff, Robert Jordan, was denied an opportunity to interview for a police job because of his high test scores. But he said that that did not mean Mr Jordan was a victim of discrimination. Judge Dorsey ruled that Mr Jordan was not denied equal protection because the city of New London applied the same standard to everyone: anyone who scored too high was rejected. Mr Jordan, 48, who has a bachelor's degree in literature and is an officer with the State Department of Corrections, said he was considering an appeal.