Think big?
Court Ok'd
City's 'Too
Smart to Be
a Cop' Rule
James M. Wirth, Esq. James M. Wirth, Esq.
Tulsa criminal defenseShould you decide to seek work as a police officer in New London, Connecticut – if you’re smart — you might want to bungle a few answers on the IQ test. Too high of a score means you are too smart to be a cop.
A New London policy that denied a job offer to a more intelligent applicant might be ignorant but it’s not illegal, at least not according to the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. A federal appeals court ruled that the City of New London did not discriminate when it rejected a job application from a man who scored too high on an intelligence test.
Since the courts’ initial summary judgment in 1999 the story has made the rounds several times on the Internet, including a new round of repeats in recent months. Each time around the story inspires commentary about the reasons police agencies might avoid more intelligent applicants. Not as widely discussed are the reasons a court dismissed Robert Jordon’s appeal.
Attorneys for New London argued that city officials based their decision on instructions for the Wonderlic Personnel Test and Scholastic Level Exam, which recommends hiring employees who score at or near certain levels for various jobs. “Additionally, a body of professional literature concludes that hiring overqualified applicants leads to subsequent job dissatisfaction and turnover,” the court wrote.
Those studies about job satisfaction and turnover have been challenged but not refuted, the court reasoned. As long as the city has a rational basis for its policies, it’s not the court’s job to judge the wisdom of the policy, the 2nd Circuit Court stated. (See Robert Jordan v City of New London No. 99-9188, 2000 U.S. App. Lexis 22195 (Unpublished).)
https://www.wirthlawoffice.com/tulsa-attorney-blog/2013/07/court-okd-citys-too-smart-to-be-a-cop-rule
Attorneys for New London argued that city officials based their decision on instructions for the Wonderlic Personnel Test and Scholastic Level Exam, which recommends hiring employees who score at or near certain levels for various jobs. “Additionally, a body of professional literature concludes that hiring overqualified applicants leads to subsequent job dissatisfaction and turnover,” the court wrote.
One could argue that running cheaper and dumber cops is cruel to the cop and puts them in danger for far too long. Their mental health issues are exacerbated by not quitting the job before it harms them.
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Attorneys for New London argued that city officials based their decision on instructions for the Wonderlic Personnel Test and Scholastic Level Exam, which recommends hiring employees who score at or near certain levels for various jobs. “Additionally, a body of professional literature concludes that hiring overqualified applicants leads to subsequent job dissatisfaction and turnover,” the court wrote.
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