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.
I became a nurse with a personality disorder, although I’ve had two full years off DBT for it. I find most things in life are a lot less about what you can do and a lot more about what you’re willing to do. Go on understanding you’re going to have to work way harder for them to see you as half as good and you’ll be fine.
For what it’s worth, I know someone personally that is a genuinely kind person and a local police officer. He told me at some point that he had been diagnosed with Aspergers and I was a bit surprised. He might be an outliner or something, but he does a better job of being fair than most of the typical police encounters that I know of.
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.
Sure, here’s your application.
- Are you a racist piece of trash?
- Are you willing to shoot innocent people for made up scenarios?
- Can you give misleading instructions under pressure?
- Do you have record of domestic violence?
- Do you hate pets?
- Do you like paid vacations while the union creates disingenuous excuses for your crimes?
- Most importantly, are you ready to lick some boots?
If you chose “Yes” on most of these questions, you’re ready to be a cop in the USA. Please apply at the nearest donut shop.
There’s also an intelligence test, where you need to score below a certain level.
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
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.
Don’t join the army and don’t be a cop, especially not in 2025. Odds are you’ll be sent to beat up protesters.
And being someone who likes following all the rules as a cop in the US will just set you up to get wrecked by all sides, fellow cops (because you won’t let it slide), your bosses (because you cause trouble they don’t even want to know about) AND the general public (because your cop buddies behave like they do and you are on their team)
I would even say it will probably reduce the life expectancy of the person because of the probability of an “accident”
Don’t become a cop.
A lot of the job is about dealing with people that are not rational for the moment.
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.
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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
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.
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.
except police don’t have to know the laws, they exist to protect the whims of capital and privaye property.
