http://nypost.com/news/regionalnews/5238.htm

"Nearly 5 percent of new cops are reading at a seventh-grade level or below - 
a shocking new discovery that has prompted the NYPD to boost its reading 
requirements on its entrance exam, The Post has learned.

Alarmed at the dismal reading skills of its new recruits, the NYPD has raised
the reading-comprehension levels for its entrance exam to that of a
high-school senior - the highest in department history. The decision to demand
greater competency among the rank and file was made recently, when NYPD
Commissioner Ray Kelly and his chief of personnel, Rafael Pineiro, learned
that 73 new recruits at the Police Academy were reading at a seventh-grade
level or lower on a separate academy test."