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lark

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5. I'm sure I'd fail the test as well.

Reply to niyad (Reply #3)

Sat Dec 3, 2022, 09:10 AM

Dec 2022

Funny story, at the start of WW2, my dad signed up to be in the Navy. Their psychological tests showed he couldn't stand the strain of killing someone, so they gave him a radar post in Dallas. I suspect I'd test much the same.

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Good irisblue Dec 2022 #1

Officers like this passed a psychological background test and a shrink signed off on it bucolic_frolic Dec 2022 #2

Many, many years ago, just after college, I took the police academy exam, just niyad Dec 2022 #3

I'm sure I'd fail the test as well. lark Dec 2022 #5

Back the blue until it happens to you. The Jungle 1 Dec 2022 #4

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