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Physical fitness testing suspended for all Colorado Springs police officers (Female officers win)
The Colorado Springs Gazette ^
| 11/10/2015
| Debbie Kelley
Posted on 11/12/2015 12:07:41 PM PST by ScottWalkerForPresident2016
olorado Springs police officers will not be required to take a physical fitness test this year, and those who failed it last year will no longer face penalties, pending the outcome of a discrimination lawsuit 12 female officers have filed.
The city of Colorado Springs and its police department agreed on Friday to all conditions the plaintiffs sought in a preliminary injunction, and on Monday, U.S. District Court Judge Richard Matsch ordered the demands be met.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; US: Colorado
KEYWORDS: colorado; cops; genderequality; government; leftism; police; socialism; spending
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Physical testing of police officers said to be discriminatory after 35% of female officers fail (compared to 2% of male ones).
To: ScottWalkerForPresident2016
Screw lowering the bar...just remove it
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posted on
11/12/2015 12:08:34 PM PST
by
Domandred
(Tea Party or Third Party. Done with the capitulating eGOP.)
To: Domandred
Does this uniform make my ass look big?
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posted on
11/12/2015 12:10:03 PM PST
by
Dr. Ursus
To: ScottWalkerForPresident2016
Colorado Springs is Lt. Joe Kendra’s turf.
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posted on
11/12/2015 12:11:09 PM PST
by
Graybeard58
(Bill and Hillary Clinton are the penicillin-resistant syphilis of our political system.)
To: ScottWalkerForPresident2016
District Court Judge Richard Matsch A Nixon appointee. About 85 years old.
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posted on
11/12/2015 12:12:46 PM PST
by
PAR35
To: ScottWalkerForPresident2016
“The dozen policewomen, all decorated officers over the age of 40, claim the test is unfair for older women because it’s not normed for age or gender and is not related to job-essential duties.”
It’s unfair for older women—no, all women—because women are not strong enough to be police officers, nor are they temperamentally suited for the work.
And since when is chasing down and subduing wrong-doers, then bringing them to jail, not a “job-essential duty”?
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posted on
11/12/2015 12:14:26 PM PST
by
dsc
(Any attempt to move a government to the left is a crime against humanity.)
To: Dr. Ursus
Does this uniform make my ass look big?
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posted on
11/12/2015 12:14:50 PM PST
by
digger48
To: PAR35
Actually has a mixed history. He was the judge that ruled for the 2nd amendment in the ‘Lucky Gunner’ case, awarding damages against the plaintiffs, but he was also the judge in the McVeigh case.
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posted on
11/12/2015 12:15:15 PM PST
by
PAR35
To: ScottWalkerForPresident2016
Feminism destroyed America.
To: ScottWalkerForPresident2016
Physical fitness is not a requirement for any law enforcement officer. You don’t need to break up a fight, or run down an evading suspect, or stop some jogger who refuses your orders. Just gun them all down, that’ll teach them to fail to respect the badge.
To: digger48
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posted on
11/12/2015 12:16:10 PM PST
by
Georgia Girl 2
(The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
To: Domandred
Coming soon: Cops in wheelchairs. ON DUTY cops, that is.
To: ScottWalkerForPresident2016
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posted on
11/12/2015 12:17:13 PM PST
by
piytar
(Good will be called evil and Evil will be called good.)
To: ScottWalkerForPresident2016
It is not like you have to be in shape to do police work anyways...
Women want to be treated and paid just like men. Except when they can’t hack it - then they want to be treated special.
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posted on
11/12/2015 12:17:26 PM PST
by
2banana
(My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
To: ScottWalkerForPresident2016
"All Ahm sayin' is dis yeah mico-fone ain't workin' raht."
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posted on
11/12/2015 12:17:34 PM PST
by
Iron Munro
(<p> The wise have stores of choice food and oil but a foolish man devours all he has. Proverbs 21:20)
To: CivilWarBrewing
Feminism not only destroyed America; it also destroyed male-female relationships as far as I am concerned.
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posted on
11/12/2015 12:19:41 PM PST
by
Jean2
(ox)
To: MileHi; dynachrome; Balata; bboop; Benito Cereno; BulletBobCo; Carley; ColoCowgirl; ...
Colorado Ping ( Let me know if you wish to be added or removed from the list.)
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posted on
11/12/2015 12:21:20 PM PST
by
george76
(Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
To: centurion316
Tasers. They are quiet, fun and they don’t spew smoke and lead like those evil bullets. Don’t even have to clean them. Better living through electricity they always said when I was a kid.
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posted on
11/12/2015 12:22:29 PM PST
by
USMCPOP
(Father of LCpl. Karl Linn, KIA 1/26/2005 Al Haqlaniyah, Iraq)
To: ScottWalkerForPresident2016
(Female officers win)
Colorado Springs' citizens lose.
To: USMCPOP
I thought it was “Better living through chemistry”.
.
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posted on
11/12/2015 12:25:00 PM PST
by
Mears
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