I wasn’t able to join the military because of it. I tried calling up my local PD and asking the source itself. Not only did they not know the answer (I’m shocked too trust me), they said I had to pass a medical test AFTER I go through all the prerequisites. So I’m asking here before I dedicate myself.
As long as your IQ is still low enough to be a good
bootlicking thugcophttps://abcnews.go.com/US/court-oks-barring-high-iqs-cops/story?id=95836
Why would you want to be a police officer?
Most of the job is dealing with distraught people and finding a way to get them to cooperate with you.
Just don’t be a cop. Easy. ACAB ✊
Anyone can be police in the US
Bonus points if you score low on an IQ test
That’s not bonus points, they’re allowed to discriminate against the intelligent in hiring
Don’t become a cop.
If the stereotype of autistic people having an oversensitive sense of injustice and not accepting commonly socially accepted rationalisations justifying it are true, then that could disqualify them from police work, given that the job is about enforcing the law as it is written.
I’d imagine all the unwritten rules, injustice inherent to the system, and subtle social cues might be infuriating.
An undercover black cop got beaten by his fellow white cops…
I also remember a Chinese American cop in NYC who’s gun accidentally discharged and the bullet ricocheted off a wall and hit a suspect and the suspect died, and immediately, the department threw him under the bus to say “oh we hold our officers accountable”, while simultaneously defending white cops who murders with intent. They will use you as a scapegoat. They will blame you for every mistake. I still remember my parents talking about that. Like everyone was talking about it on WeChat.
People that are neurodivergent are gonna get discriminated by them, don’t do it.
they only protect white cops, not POCs. PocS ARE just useful PR propaganda.
How did the military find out about your autism? I could see this being similar to the “don’t ask don’t tell” situation in the past with gay people in the military. It might be disqualifying, but they wouldn’t know unless you told them. The police might have less stringent requirements, but unlikely some random officer/employee that answers the phone would know definitively. If you’re comfortable not disclosing it, you might be able to try.
There are sooooo many neurodivergent service members.
ACAB
BSII
A lot of the job is about dealing with people that are not rational for the moment.
Assuming this is in the USA, I want to note that there are many other available jobs in the protective services occupation, that can be public or private sector, that face the general public (or not), and that don’t have any particular positive or negative connotation attached to the job, even after hours.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) has a fantastic reference for available occupations:
What Autism>??? SHHHHH
Ive seen some bad responses, OP clearly says he wants to be a cop just anwser the question.
nothing wrong with being a cop its the laws that are the problem. Im sure these people discoraging the police will be the first to complain if they are a victim of crime
except police don’t have to know the laws, they exist to protect the whims of capital and privaye property.
This guy thinks cops follow laws and therefore the laws are the problem.
I used to think that cops were trying to do the right thing, to help people.
They aren’t. When your eyes open up to that, you’ll probably be sad. I was. But it’s a fact. The occasional good cop (they do exist) is just a drop of clean water in a sewer.
So what is the solution then, total anarchism? what about those who cant defend themselves?
The common man has no way to solve it.
The real solution would be disband police unions, create high and rigorous training standards that are enforced, create permanent consequences for being a bad cop (i.e. you can’t just go to the department one town over), and purge the ranks of the old guard that keep the corrupt system moving as it does. It requires a full reset to correct within a generation, which means we’ll never see it. Because that course of action has to come from political leadership, and that obviously won’t happen, so in the current reality all we can try to do is live our lives while avoiding the police as much as possible.
Not all societal problems have a feasible solution. Doesn’t mean we can’t point out the problems.
Well-Regulated Militias that are held accountable by the community. Direct government.
you are quite misinformed asf, i met people in jury selection, almost all of them had terrible interaction with cops, they are more than useless when called in most situation. it sounds like you would be the first one to call about a suspicious poc/ or a neighbor you dont like. its not the law that are the problem, its the cops, and those protecting them.
let me put it this way.
the police will give known violent rapists and violent racists a job.
as long as you don’t ask questions like, "is that legal?” or “should we be doing that? it feels wrong.” you will undoubtedly have a bright future in law enforcement.
This is probably going to vary a lot depending on where you’re applying, every state has their own regulations and every department their own standards, so there’s probably not going to be a one-size-fits-all answer for you.
At the very least, if it comes up, it’s probably not going to be seen as a mark in your favor. If, hypothetically, the hiring choice came down to you, or an otherwise identical candidate who isn’t autistic, 9/10 times they’re probably going to go with the other guy.
If at all possible, don’t bring it up. If it comes up on a form or something, don’t lie, if you get caught in a lie that’s probably gonna be an automatic disqualification, but if they don’t ask, don’t tell them. Don’t volunteer the information that you’re autistic unless it’s specifically asked for. If there’s a question anywhere along the lines of “do you have any conditions that will prevent you from carrying out your duties as a police officer?” The answer is “no” unless you do believe that your autism will be an impediment, in which case, don’t be a cop.
Also, between stuff like this and the potential of RFK wanting to send people to work farms, I think it’s very important for people to ask themselves before pursuing a diagnosis for autism (and other conditions) “how do I stand to benefit from a diagnosis, and how will it potentially hurt me?”
If you’re at the high-functioning/low-support-needs/however-you-want-to-phrase-it end of the spectrum, what kind of additional resources and support will a diagnosis actually unlock for you and do you really need them? Or will it just come back to bite you in situations like this? Unfortunately people really do need to be weighing that.
