Blind in one eye shouldn't have even been considered as grounds for dismissal. All you lose is depth perception. But, you usually gain an accuracy of telling where things are. Which is far better when you are trying to shoot said things.
People like police have to have an IQ between a certain range. Not to dumb, but not to smart either. They have to be really good order followers, and not be able to think their way out of situations like, setting up a check point is violating the constitution, maybe we shouldn't do it.
I use prime numbers all the time. Also trigonometry. And fractions.
They come in handy when building and designing things. But, I run into people who build things like me that can't do the numbers, and I wonder how on earth they do it.
My IQ is pretty good... This wasn't an IQ test (I had one of those in college). Funny you mentioned the police. There was a guy in NYC that sued the NYPD because they turned him down because his IQ was too high. Think about it- if your kid got kidnapped, wouldn't you want the smartest guy alive looking for him. I'd rather have him than an order-follower!
It took me months to get through boot camp because as it turned out, I sucked at following orders.
a lot of departments still select against high IQ, but the trend may have been curtailed
nowadays, a lot of PDs are selecting for advanced education (bach's)...however, we all know that edumactaion aint got shiite to do with IQ
PD's want Gestapo mentality assholes... ones they can train to believe that normal people are "the enemy" it's mostly guys that come back from the Middle East not wrapped too tight!
i dont have the empirical evidence, but I bet this is true more in NE area big cites, and in some small rural areas than everywhere
I know a lot of good guys that are cops
I had a guy pull me over here in Ft Smith to tell me my brake light was out... With his gun drawn! I asked a friend who's been on the force 20 years and he said that's how they're training them all over the country.
maybe he was trying to justify his colleagues shitty behavior? I don't look at it as all cops are good any more than I do all cops are bad.
some departments are more corrupt to begin with, and I understand why good cops cover up for bad ones.
The bottom line is if that we want better police behavior across the board, we have to deal with the corruption of government over all