Police Minimum Scores Lowered So More African Americans Can Be Hired

**retdetsgt** · 03-13-11 03:02 PM

DAYTON -- The Dayton Police Department is lowering its testing standards for recruits.

It's a move required by the U.S. Department of Justice after it says not enough African-Americans passed the exam.

Dayton is in desperate need of officers to replace dozens of retirees. The hiring process was postponed for months because the D.O.J. rejected the original scores provided by the Dayton Civil Service Board, which administers the test.

Under the previous requirements, candidates had to get a 66% on part one of the exam and a 72% on part two.

The D.O.J. approved new scoring policy only requires potential police officers to get a 58% and a 63%. That's the equivalent of an ‘F’ and a ‘D’.

“It becomes a safety issue for the people of our community,” said Dayton Fraternal Order of Police President, Randy Beane. “It becomes a safety issue to have an incompetent officer next to you in a life and death situation."

“The NAACP does not support individuals failing a test and then having the opportunity to be gainfully employed,” agreed Dayton NAACP President Derrick Foward.

The D.O.J. and Civil Service Board declined Dayton’s News Source’s repeat requests for interviews. The lower standards mean 258 more people passed the test. The city won't say how many were minorities.

“If you lower the score for any group of people, you're not getting the best qualified people for the job,” Foward said.

“We need to work with the youth and make them interested in becoming law enforcement officers and firefighters,” said Beane. “Break down the barriers whether they are real or perceived, so we can move forward in this community.”

The D.O.J. has forced other police departments across the country to lower testing standards, citing once again that not enough black candidates were passing.

The Dayton Firefighter recruit exam is coming up this summer. The chief said it’s likely the passing score for that test will be lowered as well.

Dayton's News Source :: Top Stories - Civil Service Board Announces Police Recruit Scores

I'm glad to see the NAACP and others coming out against it too. The feds need to mind their own business...... Again......

I wish they'd spoken out against it here when we did it on hiring and on our promotional exams......

**Cat_Doc** · 03-13-11 04:06 PM

The feds need to stay the f*** out of state and local government unless there is criminal corruption involved that requires the outside objectivity and authority to combat it without controlling interference by the corrupt locals.

The federal government is failing on matters of national security, take protecting our borders for example, but have no problem trying to tell a local police department how to set their hiring standards. BS to the max!
Either you pass the standards, regardless of ethnicity or gender, or you don’t. It should be as simple as that.

**Piggy** · 03-13-11 06:04 PM

I wish my college professors would pass me at a 58%.

**retdetsgt** · 03-13-11 06:17 PM

What we did was skip down the list of qualified people and hire the marginal ones first. Same with promotions later on. We have people who are barely literate and I'm not exaggerating a bit. One made it up to lieutenant and he care barely read and write. The only thing they bring to the table is their race.

**greg72982** · 03-13-11 07:07 PM

Pathetic.

**Cat_Doc** · 03-13-11 10:27 PM

Originally Posted by greg72982

Pathetic.

Word!

**pafindr** · 03-13-11 11:12 PM

I don't know, it might be fun.

**Zimmy** · 03-14-11 06:00 PM

Can't wait to become a police officer and have someone that is "stupid" covering my back.

**greg72982** · 03-14-11 06:16 PM

Originally Posted by Zimmy

Can't wait to become a police officer and have someone that is "stupid" covering my back.

That's still possible, even if they ace the test.

**Zimmy** · 03-14-11 06:22 PM

Originally Posted by greg72982

That's still possible, even if they ace the test.

True.

**retdetsgt** · 03-14-11 06:27 PM

Originally Posted by greg72982

That's still possible, even if they ace the test.

True, but less likely.

**mcsap** · 03-14-11 10:00 PM

If they were going to do this for doctors......

If they were going to do this for dentists......

If they were going to do this for airline pilots.....

But they will do it for people who have a " license to kill " and various other powers that come with a high degree of repsonsibility !

**marinepilot** · 03-15-11 12:36 AM

Originally Posted by mcsap

If they were going to do this for doctors......

If they were going to do this for dentists......

If they were going to do this for airline pilots.....

But they will do it for people who have a " license to kill " and various other powers that come with a high degree of repsonsibility !

+1,000,000

**JoetheGI** · 03-15-11 03:47 PM

Either you pass the standards, regardless of ethnicity or gender, or you don’t. It should be as simple as that.

That's CRAZY talk!

There isn't much that can get me more fired up than when I hear about lowering, and downright compromising, standards to accommodate someones' ludicrous social construct. ESPECIALLY when the profession involves life threatening risk.

Can't pass a test? Get smarter.
Can't lift the weight? Get stronger.
Can't make the time standard? Get faster.
Can't meet the standard despite all your best efforts? Thanks for trying, you are not the candidate we are looking for.

Madness. No other way to describe it imo...

**kels** · 03-16-11 12:53 PM

So, are the FEDS gonna have to pay for the lawsuits when
the "barely qualified" future cops make major goofs?

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