That ensures that there are no affirmative action promotees; if they got it, they EARNED it. That's a good thing.
No, I don’t think so. Suffolk County makes sure it takes care of its own friends. It’s a scandalous police department in many ways.
Ignore what I just said, I didn’t see your top line and I thought you were talking about the lie detector test.
New York City PD manipulates the civil service tests by taking 1 out of 3. If 20, say, are being promoted, that means number 60 might get the promotion. That may be how Eric Adams of 100 Blacks in Law Enforcement rode to a Captain’s position.