Posted on 08/10/2012 6:53:52 PM PDT by Altura Ct.
Hoping to end decades of tension over the advancement of minority officers, the Boston Police Department plans to overhaul a promotion system that has been criticized for contributing to a lack of diversity in the department’s upper ranks.
Commissioner Edward F. Davis is expected to send an e-mail to officers and command staff Thursday announcing a $2.2 million initiative to replace a written promotion exam used statewide with a testing system that could include interviews and other components designed to provide a broader measure of leadership and potential.
Among the department’s approximately two dozen captains — the highest rank determined by the promotion exam — there is one Asian and no blacks, Hispanics, or women.
“All you need to do is look at the numbers to see that something needs to be done,” Davis said. “We intend to take charge of this and to put a process in place that people will be satisfied with.”
In a statement, Mayor Thomas M. Menino said the initiative, which will be paid for by the city, underscores Boston’s commitment to a police department that better reflects the increasing racial and ethnic diversity of Boston.
“In moving forward with this plan to change the current testing system, we will continue with our mission and help create a more diverse department throughout all ranks,” he said.
In a scathing letter last month, several local minority groups blasted Menino for a lack of diversity within city departments. The letter singled out Police Department demographics as particularly disappointing.
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That is certainly the safe move. Because whites sure won't stand up for themselves. They just openly accept discrimination against themselves and their familes.
So does this mean they will lower their promotion standards in order to accommodate less qualified (but more diverse!) people?
So does this mean they will lower their promotion standards in order to accommodate less qualified (but more diverse!) people?
So because minorities don’t seem to do well in test taking, let’s change the policy. We’ll interview — wink wink.
The Standards can’t get any lower in Beantown.
A group of white firefighters in New Haven Connecticut and New Orleans sued and won lawsuits because of reverse discrimination. It can be done.
WHAT THEY NEED IS A BIG PLATE OF CHICK-FIL-A!
:-)
BTW affirmative action run wild. Many local state Federal departments and offices have too many blacks etc working in them. Where blacks are say 12% of the population but 25% of the workers in Department X
The Capitol Hill police in DC are very black and minority. I hear up to 70% for what is a tit job and you probably have to be very politically connected to get this job. Like know someone in DC gov’t and pay him off. Or know someone in that racist org known as the Congressional Black Caucus
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