I went through those same tests. It was not that hard at least if you prepared your self. That was the same agency that 2x4’d me
1. Too White ie: not a minority
2. Too Straight ie: not homosexual
3. Too Male ie: not a woman
4 Too small with no handicaps ie: I am 5'6” and 175-180lb, Can press my own body weight, run well under the 16m req for the PA trooper 1.5 mile run, practice martial arts, No record whatsoever my psychological screening showed I was well qualified for the position but my case officer deemed that “San Francisco was a multi-cultural, multi-ethnic society and they want their officers to reflect that (The dog whistle message was no straight white males need apply).
There are police forces all over the place that are desperate for *qualified* applicants, and yet it is very difficult for qualified white males to get hired. I've had several tell me the same thing you did.
As she (my kid) said, it's unfair and it sucks, but I'd be stupid to turn down a job opportunity; I can't change it. At least she was capable and not like those two in the video.
After she left SF she said she knew the police dept was screwed up, but once you are in it for a while, it's much worse than you imagined it could possibly be.
We were quite relieved when she decided not to make a career of LE. OTOH, SF paid her a boatload of money to spend 8 months getting some good training. Imagine you have a single daughter and some idiot liberal city pays her $6000 a month get trained in self defense, firearms, high speed driving etc and a fair understanding of the law. Then she leaves SF, gets a decent job in a normal state. In the meantime, SF drives out the good cops. The attrition rate the first year out of the academy is quite high. Apparently the level of training at SFPD makes it easy to get hired in other cities. Some enter the academy with that intention.
“San Francisco was a multi-cultural, multi-ethnic society and they want their officers to reflect that
Yep, the city is packed with fruits, loons and wackos so it only makes sense to staff the city's law enforcement agency with fruits, loons and wackos. It's logical in Looking Glass Land.