[ExI] police etc.

[William Flynn Wallace]

Thanks.  I am glad to hear that.  It's a start on a better system.   bill w

On Thu, Jun 18, 2020 at 10:46 AM SR Ballard via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> I mean I have interviews, they do background checks, and run half-assed
> personality tests. And people fail those steps.
>
> I’m saying those are jobs where I get paid $9/hr. I don’t know or care
> what the interviewer makes but I can promise you they don’t have a PhD.
>
> SR Ballard
>
> On Jun 18, 2020, at 9:39 AM, William Flynn Wallace via extropy-chat <
> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>
> By 'that stuff' you mean interviewing, personality testing and
> interpretation?  I have to express some doubt about the education of the
> people who are doing it.  You don't get Ph. D.s for $9 an hour.  bill w
>
> On Thu, Jun 18, 2020 at 9:35 AM SR Ballard via extropy-chat <
> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>
>> A call center that pays me $9/hr already does that stuff. No need to pay
>> police departments excessive amounts.
>>
>> SR Ballard
>>
>> On Jun 18, 2020, at 8:55 AM, William Flynn Wallace via extropy-chat <
>> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>>
>> The guy featured in John's post should never have been hired as a police
>> officer.  I am reading articles about how cops need to be trained
>> differently and so on, and that is certainly needed.
>>
>> However, John's bully would have been caught rather easily if some
>> background checks had been in place.  If not, the personality tests would
>> have shown what kind of character he was, and then kept him out of police
>> school altogether.
>>
>> I am not saying that personality tests are 100% accurate, but it would
>> catch some of the bullies, racists, and so on.
>>
>> This is one reason I am saying that we need more money for the police
>> dept., not less.  Hiring consultants, testing and interviewing, will take a
>> good chunk of money, and probably at first only large cities will be able
>> to do that.
>>
>> Does anyone know of a police dept. that does this sort of thing?  To me,
>> this is a no-brainer.  Get bad guys in and no amount of training and
>> education will change their character.
>>
>> bill w
>>
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