Contra_Mortis t1_j9ot667 wrote on February 23, 2023 at 2:47 PM

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You realize that cops as a group are better educated than the general population right?

Miaoxin t1_j9pz6ed wrote on February 23, 2023 at 7:12 PM

>You realize that cops as a group are better educated than the general population right?

Police in the US have a combined 9% rate of a bachelor's or higher education. Masters and Ph.D. rates are statistically insignificant to the point that those are effectively 0%.

The average US population above age 25 has a 4-year degree rate of 38%. Roughly 14% has a Masters. Roughly 2% has a Ph.D.

Most of us have access to an internet search engine. This stuff isn't that hard to look up.

Contra_Mortis t1_j9qb4z8 wrote on February 23, 2023 at 8:26 PM

Did I say that they had a higher percentage of bachelor's degrees?

thederpofwar321 t1_j9qy3hz wrote on February 23, 2023 at 10:49 PM

You do realize you're argument was invalidated by him showing statistics that you can look up yourself right? Saying they're more educated than the average citizen honestly doesnt sound right with what we hear daily.

Contra_Mortis t1_j9qychg wrote on February 23, 2023 at 10:50 PM

My claim: cops are more educated than the general public

Their claim: cops have fewer bachelor's degrees.

Do you see that these claims are different?

thederpofwar321 t1_j9qyses wrote on February 23, 2023 at 10:53 PM

No, not really. College is a decent-ish indicator of someone that can properly read, process information, and make proper conclusions from it.

Now account for law which requires you to read -or at least absorb the information of the law in some fashion-, process information from the scene, suspects, and victims, and draw a conclusion that matches the information.