Sad, If True

From the LVRJ: Las Vegas officials canceled graduation for its latest fire academy class and launched an investigation amid allegations of cheating on a test.
Fourteen recruits were set to graduate from the 20-week fire academy Thursday, but that ceremony and the future employment of the recruits are on hold.
"Due to a possibility of cheating, the city has begun a full investigation into what took place during a written exam given to individuals currently going through the Las Vegas Fire & Rescue academy," city spokesman David Riggleman said in a statement.
City officials released no details about the allegations, citing the ongoing investigation. Spokeswoman Diana Paul said in a statement that safety would not be jeopardized by the lack of new firefighters.
Scott Johnson, president of the Las Vegas firefighters union, said the investigation was requested by the state fire marshal.
The fire marshal's office handles testing and certification for most of Nevada's fire agencies, including the Las Vegas Fire Department, State Fire Marshal Peter Mulvihill said.  http://www.lvrj.com/news/cheating-allegations-prompt-cancellation-of-fire-academy-graduation-191330401.html
Why do these guys and gals have to cheat, if the allegations are true.?  Most are college educated and the fire academy is more of a mid high school to community college level.
I've gone through firefighting 1 and 2 and became an EMT.  It's not that tough and this is basically what the Las Vegas firefighting recruits had to do.  If they had to cheat, then they are not that smart and not worthy being a full time firefighter or even a volunteer firefighter or EMT.
I hope the charges are not true but if they are true everyone who participated in cheating needs to find another job.