Posted on 03/17/2023 6:23:34 AM PDT by george76
Decision comes as officers flee the force in record numbers
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The New York Police Department is lowering its recruitment standards to allow more women on the force, a decision that comes as the Defund the Police movement drives officers out of the ranks in record numbers.
The NYPD this month removed its 1.5-mile timed run requirement in the hopes of increasing its applicant pool after too many women failed the test. Mayor Eric Adams (D.) ultimately approved the decision, despite internal disagreement, the New York Post reported.
The decision to lower standards comes as the NYPD faces a significant reduction in its police force with 3,701 retiring or quitting in 2022, the most since 2002 after the September 11 terror attacks. Professor and former NYPD officer Eugene O’Donnell attributed the scarcity of qualified applicants to the Defund the Police movement.
"They’re the ones that did this, and they’re the ones who are going to have to live with the consequences of a department where the utterly unfit are all that’s left in the pool," O’Donnell told the Post.
Adams resolved a dispute between NYPD commissioner Keechant Sewell and training chief Juanita Holmes, who ultimately succeeded in changing the recruitment process. Now the sole physical evaluation is the Job Standard Test, a six-step course that must be completed in 4 minutes and 28 seconds.
"No cop on patrol runs a mile and a half," said Holmes. "No one’s chasing anyone a mile and a half. Not to mention every day in the gym you’re doing a mile and a half [as part of training]."
Professor and former NYPD officer Jillian Snider disagreed, saying that standards should be tailored to the job's responsibilities and not women’s abilities.
"You should have to have the same physical requirements because you're doing the same exact job," Snider said.
“If strength and fitness are required for an arrest, the arrest must not be made.”
I agree, either put the cuffs on yourself or we just shoot your ass.
Maybe not. More likely the new offices will just stop policing.
When they see a potentially dangerous situation developing, they just walk around the corner until it's all over and then write a report that they arrived a minute too late.
So there is that reassurance from the Biden administration.
Typical dimmocommie solution to everything: Can’t pass the test? Eliminate any standards. Voila, everyone can pass now! Degrades the entire nation on many facets? Who cares, everyone feels good about themselves. Dimmocommie party: home of non-thinking easily placated sheep, led by a few truly evil tyrants.
16 minutes to run a mile? I regularly WALK a 18-19 minute mile. On a good day I do it in 17 minutes.
16 minutes to run a mile? I regularly WALK a 18-19 minute mile. On a good day I do it in 17 minutes.
Got a pot belly? The bigger the better. Apply.
Hence reams of these on the internet
This usually follows lowering the mental standards of leadership.
Our country is in a race to the bottom. Lowest common denominator now rules the roost.
So lowering standards for reading and math requirements in public school systems.
And, now lowering requirements for fitness tests for the NYPD in order to impose “equity” and increase the recruitment numbers.
What could possibly go wrong?
Decision comes as officers flee the force in record numbers
I think they are missing the main issue duh
The previous post said 1.5 miles.
...yes officer, I am going to finish that other donut...
“Cops should not chase arrest evaders on foot. Just let them go.”
Just send canines after the perps—they have not lowered canine standards last time I checked.
Btw if you watch Cops or similar shows you will see how docile the perps become when a canine takes a chop out of them.
Even the toughest gang-banger starts crying for their mama...
The rate of suspects getting shot will probably increase too.
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