>if we need police that badly then maybe we should work to make
>the job more attractive to better qualified ppl.

I agree 100% with this but like everything else it comes down to money. Where is it going to come from?

>but i don't think hiring cops w/higher IQs and better school
>transcripts is going to solve the problems w/police
>misconduct. smart ppl can be just corrupt as anyone else.
>the pervasive nature of corruption and the lack of
>accountability are the main problems and they won't be solved
>just by hiring higher pedigreed ppl as cops.

I agree to a point but it's more that just book smarts but mental clarity. We all know scholarly people with multiple degrees that are crazy as hell. In the military in elite special forces as well as elite federal law enforcement mental evaluations are just as important if not more so that physical. You might know everything but how do you respond in a high stress situation. The dude that shot Tamir Rice had been fired from another dept because they felt like he wasn't mentally capable and he went right over to Cleveland and got hired. Cleveland PD never called to see why the other dept let him go.