Affirmative Action for police departments according to racial breakdowns- Yay or nay?

Actually I would be better is Cops patrol the neighborhoods they live in . . .then they less likely to be A-holes to the consumers . . or in cop-speak alledged criminal.

Rocket River

 

Why just cops? Why not everything? Why should we let free-market forces determine the racial composition of any group?

How do you see this being implemented?

What if no cops wanted to live in the Fifth Ward?

 

You can't force people to apply for a position that may require bullets to be shot at them. That being said, the best that actually apply should get the position regardless off race. I don't know if that's the case, though.

 

Who says only whites racially profile? Why wouldn't a black cop do the same thing? I think that's a little naive. The profile of a potential criminal doesn't change based on the race of a cop, does it? Cops are going to do what they think they need to do to perform their job, whether they are black or white. IMO at least.

 

Don't think this would work, I think the answer is to IGNORE race on applications, eliminate the question all together, just hire based upon merit only.

DD

 

I don't think these things are mutually exclusive. It's good objective information to have in case a lawsuit is filed over hiring practices.

 

Good idead, but eventually a face to face interview occurs. Should we set up confessional like booths where the interviewer and the interviewee can't see one another? More importantly, is intervieweee even a word?

 

Q1: Good idea, but cops probably have to complete some physical test in which their race/sex is noticable unless they were forced to do it in a sumo suit.
Q2: Intervieweee is not a word. Interviewee is a word.

 

I can think of only a few positions where I would support a system of making merit second to skin color any less than I would with police officers. Not a good idea, in my opinion.

 

What if the cop was mixed, who would he work for then?

 

How about someone in 5th ward wanting to be a Cop?
Are 5th Warders untrainable?

outreach Programs?

Rocket River

 

Merit? MERIT? we are talking about hiring COPS!!

Rocket River
When has MERIT had anything to do with cops

 

How is that different from what I asked? The phrasing I used didn't exclude people who live in the 5th Ward from wanting to be cops. What if someone from the 5th Ward became a cop, then wanted to move out of that neighborhood?

I'm willing to bet there are lots of people who live there who are very eager to move out and wouldn't appreciate being told, "Well, even though you can afford to move out, you have to keep living in the 5th Ward".

I think you're making an assumption here.

 

Thanks DT but don't give me too much credit. There are times when the person in question would attack me racially in hopes of getting me into some fracas, a few times it worked. Even though I felt like there was no way other to handle it, I regretted the fact that I could be coerced into a 'playa to playa, pimp to pimp' confrontation. Although still not right, I did so with my hands, not my stick or gun, which is another issue all together.

I do not think that enough cops handle aggressive situations appropriately, white or otherwise. I further believe that cops should handle every volatile situation as if he didn't have a gun, stick, taser or back-up.

Black cops face a different problem, I was challenged constantly by whites as if I didn't know what I was talking about. I felt that because of my age (21-26) and my race, the majority of them claimed to know the law better than me, often threatened to 'have my badge' and routinely called me 'boy'.

Based on hundred of traffic stops my dialogue was more agressive to whites. Having said that, I don't think that all cops are good, but most try to make the best decisions based on their experiences.



Rocket R- Having cops to patrol their own neighborhoods presents a different set of problems, would you want your family to live next door to a guy that you had to send to jail?

This is a very interesting topic.

 

The point is. . . If I wanna move to indiana . . . i have to wait for an opening in my company to move there OR I find another job

how is this different?


Rocket River

 

I think that would have a positive affect all around.

The cop would be a bit more careful in how he handles a situation
[won't unnecessarily beat down folx . . . cause HE LIVES THERE TOO]

The Drug dealer is aware that this cop is ALWAYS around
so he has to downlow it or move around

We had a cop in our neighborhood [apt complex]
and everyone pretty much knew him . .. and his area
of the complex was not as bad as the rest. He didn't do
to much IN the complex per se but the fact that he was there
made a difference.

Rocket River
I don't hate cops. . i hate bad cops
it just so happens I have run into more bad than good