Looks like they have to lower their standards to meet some artificial standard. At least they've apparently held the line so far. Fat, weak, illiterate cops who have a checkered past are not exactly what one wants on the force.
Hey, it worked for years in the Fulton County (Atlanta)Courthouse.
Bloated grannies running around with plasitc pistols jutting from their Uncle Mike's duty belt are supposed to protect me from myself and all the bad people out there?
Put the grannies at a desk, in the files, on the radio or at the coffee maker. Send the athletic, illiterate thugs over to SWAT. They'll fit right in. The unathletic, illiterate thugs have a future at the DEA, BATF or the TSA. Those with a poor work ethic and a sense for office politics should apply to the ICE. Anyone not meeting these exact criteria (able to read and do addition), but having an overbearing personality with an overvalued sense of self could have a future with the FBI or CIA.
See. There is no problem. Instead of trying to be a state trooper with funny pants, a weirdly painted car and an odd hat, the applicants should aim higher.