Also, a Bachelor's degree doesn't make you educated or of better character, it just means you had the ability to transfer tens of thousands of dollars to a university.

Some take education seriously in school, some just party. Those that can't go also fall into those two camps.

Requiring a bachelor's degree has one purpose, allowing state sanctioned violence to be committed only by those of a certain social class, and automatically barring those who were born into lower classes.

Telling thoughtful, ethical, working-class people they aren't allowed to apply leads to police shortages. Then character standards are lowered and someone who had their parents paying for a four-year drinking binge can fold their values into the force.