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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screw her she is a moron
Done that many times.
why make exeptions for them, If they want to become a police person they should do as all the others do,
Wth
You get what you ask for .
Impeach Obama.
there should never be a lowering of standards, for anyone. only the best should be allowed to be police. meet the guild lines, or step off, you don’t make the grade.
WE don’t need any exam lowered for Diversity. Keep it as it is. If you can’t pass the test then you don’t belong in being a police officer.
I don’t agree with your figure of 75%. However, I do agree that there are too many.
If it wasn’t for diversity, all you Britannics would have been run off by the natives that could not communicate with each other!!!