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OAITW r.2.0

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6. If education favors white applicants, then the end result is fail.

Reply to Massacure (Reply #5)

Thu May 28, 2020, 11:06 PM

May 2020

I think the imperative is balancing the % of community to the police identity. Not saying that this is a perfect correlation, but it might be better for community relations.

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Shouldn't police represent the community in the hiring numbers? [View all] OAITW r.2.0 May 2020 OP

Well, at least the Chief of Police is AA. nt DURHAM D May 2020 #1

If you have a Black American at the top, but a solid minority doing the policing....he becomes OAITW r.2.0 May 2020 #2

Self-selection. Igel May 2020 #3

Legally you can't just fire the white cops and replace them with black cops MichMan May 2020 #4

I suspect education may be a factor Massacure May 2020 #5

If education favors white applicants, then the end result is fail. OAITW r.2.0 May 2020 #6

What you're missing is an Affirmative Action program, which is not quotas... Hekate May 2020 #7

I bet the white policeman had the education creds. OAITW r.2.0 May 2020 #8

EEO-Equal Employment Opportunity law(s) 2naSalit May 2020 #9

****YES !!!**** ... and live in the community they patrol uponit7771 May 2020 #10

A few generations of history. nt greyl May 2020 #11