New London CT Likes Its Cops Good And Dumb

Judge Rules That Police Can Bar High I.Q. Scores

"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. ''I was eliminated on the basis of my intellectual makeup,'' he said. ''It's the same as discrimination on the basis of gender or religion or race.''

So let me get this straight...

If the New London PD bans a black man from becoming a cop its okay as long as they ban ALL black men?

Or women? Or the spanish?

I can certainly understand why they'd be scared witless of bringing in a smart guy. They'd then have to give someone the task of keeping an eye on him, and since they can't have an existing officer bright enough to handle the job they'd have to hire one, then one to watch the one they hired, ad infinitum.

Hell. Pretty soon all the cops would be smart. Then it'd only be a matter of time before they either quit or demanded that the Constitution be adhered to, and since NO police force in the country does that it'd be one wackjob chinese fire drill now wouldn't it?