Sooo, a really smart person might get bored being a police officer? Maybe (s)he would go to night school, get a degree, then maybe go to night school again and get a law degree, and they'd be SOOOO bored that they would take (and pass) Sergeant, Lieutenant, Captain, Commander, etc. exams and move up in the ranks? Yup, sure don't want anyone smart carrying a gun on the streets, charged with protecting the citizens. Nope, I want an army of mouth breathers doing that. The ones I've met, with one exception - the CPD idiot that gave me a ticket for speeding when there was no way he could have clocked me - have been well-spoken, polite, and professional.