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Re:Police can’t demand you reveal your phone passcode then t... by AnthonyMouse on Friday October 22, 2021 @12:33PM (#28959302)
> The police job attracts most people who do not have a college degree, are white, and lean into conservative/justice-heavy politics.

12.4% of police officers are black, compared to 11.9% of the US population. "White" is slightly over-represented as well. Both of these are mainly a result of "Other" and especially "Asian" being significantly under-represented.

The primary disparity is by sex. 84.5% of police are male.

https://datausa.io/profile/soc/police-officers

The percentage of police officers with a four year degree is ~30%, about the same as the adult general population.

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Re:Police can’t demand you reveal your phone passcode then t... by quacked on Friday October 29, 2021 @10:38AM (#29038959)
Despite the fact that racial proportions match up fairly well with the population, I still have a very hard time believing that personal politics and intelligence/education levels match up with the population as well.
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