I never said they want dumb cops, just that the person posting is not who they want because they're too smart. The way they limit turnover is by selecting for normal IQs so they don't get bored and leave.
Seems like the smart thing to do would be to give the "too smart" people training to tackle more interesting and important problems - like white collar crime, tax loopholes, internal corruption, etc.
I'll give you three guesses why that's never even floated as an option...
To be fair, the white collar crime is mostly tackled by other organizations who have investigators but aren't typical police. Like the FBI (accountants comprise a large percentage of agents), SEC, IRS, etc.
I'll give you three guesses why that's never even floated as an option...