What Could POSSIBLY Go Worng?
Police may scrap entrance exam
The Chicago Police Department is seriously considering scrapping the police entrance exam to bolster minority hiring, save millions on test preparation and avert costly legal battles that have dogged the exam process for decades, City Hall sources said Tuesday.
If the process is opened to everyone who applies and meets the minimum education and residency requirements, Chicago would be virtually alone among major cities. Most cities have police entrance exams — and for good reason, experts say.
Then again, it’s not like the CPD doesn’t have a LOT of problems already.
Still, it is interesting to read their reasoning – “to bolster minority hiring…and avert costly legal battles….” Battles resulting, undoubtedly, from that “minority hiring” problem.