Why Police Departments Do Not Increase Their Applicant Pool (Essay Sample)
INSTRUCTIONS
Consider the following statement:
Many police officer positions require the applicant to have a college degree even though the tasks of a police officer rarely call upon college course material.
In your discussion post, address the following:
Speculate on why police departments do not increase their applicant pool by dropping this requirement and how asymmetric information, moral hazard, and adverse selection are involved?
Note: In your discussion posts for this course, do not rely on Wikipedia, Investopedia, or any similar website as a reference or supporting source.
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The individual applicants in the hiring of the police force are required to be degree or diploma holders, even though the duties that the officers will undertake rarely demand these qualifications.
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