An Oakland City Councilwoman, Desley Clarke, is trying to put forth new regulations to lower the passing scores on the police exams, in the name of diversity. Most standard police exams are high school level, with emphasis on writing and grammar skills. Police officers must be capable of writing reports, that will be seen in courts, if the report reflects a conviction.
Lowering the exam passing score of 45, to 42 seems to be not in the best interest of anyone, even the applicant. What would work would be seminars, teaching exactly the type of writing skills and rudimentary skills one needs to pass the test. The only thing gained by lowering the exam score will be having senior officers have to teach the recruits later, or having them fail their probation. This is not a question of diversity, its a question of educating people in the basics.
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Thisis one reason Amrican childern are getting dumber rather then smarter. It’ s all about making everyone equal and lowering standards not only in the schools but in the military also…
no, we as a nation should never lower our standards, if they are not good enough to pass then they don`t get the job
TerryShel we have the Texas Rangers and the Texas Constitutional Militia on the Texas-Mexico Border and have cut illegal crossing by 68 percent. Illegal and drug mules run from Enforcement Officers they take the chance of being shot dead. We also have high speed Swift Boats that are armed with a mini gun and an automatic grenade launcher. These boats are capable of speeds of 50 Mph in water of 12 inches or deeper. I think we are doing a lot more than people who run their mouths and don’t don’t know what they are talking about.
Maybe she should start with learning how to properly salute.
Didn’t we try this with affirmative action? They had to lower the standards at universities and other venues. How low do we have to go?
More idiots and thugs, why not give the test in prisons also
Great! Stupid Policemen with guns. That’s all we need, but I’ll feel better that they have Diversity.
are you kiddy? hell no this is what is wrong with america today gfy
Kill all ragheads
Outsideof the fact that she is a leftist shrew, where does she, or any other liberal, come up with C**P like this from???