Too Smart to Serve?

• Author: Allen, Mike
• Position: New London, Connecticut, rejects police officer candidate for being too intelligent - Brief Article

Wanted: A few not-so-bright cops.

That's the hiring policy in New London, Connecticut, where the police department refused to grant Robert Jordan a job interview because they considered him to be too smart.

Jordan scored 33 out of 50 on an intelligence test. The police prefer candidates who score between 20 and 27. "Police work is kind of mundane," says Deputy Police Chief William C. Gavitt. "There's a personality that can take that."

Jordan sued. In September, a...