Posted on 03/12/2011 3:32:47 PM PST by mandaladon
It's a move required by the U.S. Department of Justice after it says not enough African-Americans passed the exam.
Dayton is in desperate need of officers to replace dozens of retirees. The hiring process was postponed for months because the D.O.J. rejected the original scores provided by the Dayton Civil Service Board, which administers the test.
Under the previous requirements, candidates had to get a 66% on part one of the exam and a 72% on part two.
The D.O.J. approved new scoring policy only requires potential police officers to get a 58% and a 63%. That's the equivalent of an ‘F’ and a ‘D’.
“It becomes a safety issue for the people of our community,” said Dayton Fraternal Order of Police President, Randy Beane. “It becomes a safety issue to have an incompetent officer next to you in a life and death situation."
“The NAACP does not support individuals failing a test and then having the opportunity to be gainfully employed,” agreed Dayton NAACP President Derrick Foward.
The D.O.J. and Civil Service Board declined Dayton’s News Source’s repeat requests for interviews. The lower standards mean 258 more people passed the test. The city won't say how many were minorities.
“If you lower the score for any group of people, you're not getting the best qualified people for the job,” Foward said.
“We need to work with the youth and make them interested in becoming law enforcement officers and firefighters,” said Beane. “Break down the barriers whether they are real or perceived, so we can move forward in this community.”
The D.O.J. has forced other police departments across the country to lower testing standards, citing once again that not enough black candidates were passing.
(Excerpt) Read more at abc.daytonsnewssource.com ...
Then we could just make 85 the new 100, then everyone will be smarter.
Somehow, I don't ever see than happening, do you?
“Before you know it, the whole force is “Dumber than a sack of rocks”.”
That is a desirable outcome if you think about it
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True in a good sense BUT, remember, ‘they’ want us unarmed - put a bunch of dumb hoods in uniform, with guns, and disaster looms....
Almost sounds like that ‘Private Army’ some Presidential Wannabe (occupier) was ‘pushing’.....
And Holder (probably) figures why prosecute people for polling place infractions, when you can just make them the ‘popo;.?
That is a ‘lose-lose’ situation.
Just what authority does the DOJ have to tell cities who to hire for their police departments? Why doesn’t Dayton, and other cities, tell Holder to f*** off.
I agree, and thank you. I always wanted to be a cop. That was denied me for no reason other than the color of my skin and my gender.
Holder means “My People”!!!
I agree, the rest of us are whites with NO hyphens!!!
“It will be interesting when they get around to doing this for airline pilots!”
This has been in effect for years now throughout the aviation industry:
Racial Preferences at United Airlines
Part 0:
Introduction
United Airlines Affirmative Discrimination
UAL
Down: UAL Story Index
Index
The color and gender of UAL’s pilots is more important than your safety in the UNfriendly skies.
http://www.adversity.net/united/default.htm
“the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) hired women and minorities who did not know the front end of an airplane from the back; and tried, largely unsuccessfully and at great expense, to train them as air traffic controllers and flight service specialists, while experienced male pilots were passed over.”
http://www.mensdefense.org/STM_Book/EmploymentQuotas.htm
Disgraced, Failed Female Navy Pilot Pursues Vendetta Against Organization that “Outed” Her
Center for Military Readiness ^ | 2/03 | Donnelly
Posted on Sunday, February 09, 2003 3:49:29 PM by pabianice
“...It is regrettable that I had to spend more than $ 500,000 to defend CMR [against] a baseless suit filed by former Navy LT Carey Lohrenz (Lorhenz had been “female quotaed” through Navy flight training and finally relieved of flying duty by her carrier CO after she had so scared the rest of the crew that no one would fly with her. She then sued CMR for releasing the details of her incompetence and grounding for “ruining her career.” CMR subsequently successfully defended itself in US District Court).
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/839386/posts
Video:
http://www.4shared.com/video/qiz7wB5V/F-14_CV_Approach_Crash.html
“The proximate cause of
the mishap was pilot error. There was an engine failure, but it
wasn’t fatal by itself; it had to be compounded by numerous gross
errors on her part. The mishap board identified four “aircrew
factors” as contributing factors to the mishap, including heavy use of
rudder while single-engine (a no-no), failure to execute proper
waveoff procedures, failure to inform the RIO of the emergency, and
failure to make a timely decision to eject.
The Navy issued a press release stating that the “cause” of the mishap
was the engine failure, and this was widely reported as Truth by the
press, who—contrary to what you saw in “All the President’s Men”—rarely
dig any deeper than the latest press release. They did this to head
off well-deserved criticism that they had rushed an under-qualified
female through the program just to meet their quota in that category.”
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