LAW Suite: Physical tests 4 cops discriminate against ........

[Danno 1,228]

DOJ lawsuit: Physical test for police officers discriminates against women

The Corpus Christi, Tex. Police Department has found itself on the business end of a civil rights lawsuit after the Justice Department concluded that a physical ability test used when considering job applications discriminates against women.

As a condition for employment, new applicants must pass a physical ability test (PAT) involving: pullups, a 300-meter run, a 1.5 mile run, and sit-ups. Only 19 percent of female applicants passed this test between 2005 and 2009, compared to 63 percent of men, the DOJ complaint records.

The Justice Department says that the test discriminates against women because “use of the PAT in the screening and selection of applicants for entry-level police officer jobs is not job-related, for the entry-level police officer position,” according to the complaint.

“The Justice Department is looking forward to working with the city to resolve this matter in a way that eliminates the use of the unlawful physical ability test and gives women who were screened out of the process an opportunity to become Corpus Christi police officers,” Thomas E. Perez, Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division, said in a statement on the lawsuit.

“If women had passed the PAT at the same rate as men, approximately 62 additional women would have been available for further consideration for the position of entry-level police officer,” the Justice Department complaint also says.

In 2011, the city police modified the benchmarks for the PAT. Thirty-three percent of women passed the test under the new standards, along with 82 percent of men. DOJ says that these results also indicate discrimination.

http://washingtonexaminer.com/doj-lawsuit-physical-test-for-police-officers-discriminates-against-women/article/2501267

[Captain Oates 911]

Would it also discriminate racially - after all, some races are typically large and strong whereas other races are typically the opposite

Will the day ever come that we are not allowed to discriminate on whether a candidate is intelligent or the opposite ?

I didn't make any reference to W so don't say I did

[Bad_Daddy 2,209]

DOJ lawsuit: Physical test for police officers discriminates against women

The Corpus Christi, Tex. Police Department has found itself on the business end of a civil rights lawsuit after the Justice Department concluded that a physical ability test used when considering job applications discriminates against women.

As a condition for employment, new applicants must pass a physical ability test (PAT) involving: pullups, a 300-meter run, a 1.5 mile run, and sit-ups. Only 19 percent of female applicants passed this test between 2005 and 2009, compared to 63 percent of men, the DOJ complaint records.

The Justice Department says that the test discriminates against women because “use of the PAT in the screening and selection of applicants for entry-level police officer jobs is not job-related, for the entry-level police officer position,” according to the complaint.

“The Justice Department is looking forward to working with the city to resolve this matter in a way that eliminates the use of the unlawful physical ability test and gives women who were screened out of the process an opportunity to become Corpus Christi police officers,” Thomas E. Perez, Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division, said in a statement on the lawsuit.

“If women had passed the PAT at the same rate as men, approximately 62 additional women would have been available for further consideration for the position of entry-level police officer,” the Justice Department complaint also says.

In 2011, the city police modified the benchmarks for the PAT. Thirty-three percent of women passed the test under the new standards, along with 82 percent of men. DOJ says that these results also indicate discrimination.

http://washingtonexaminer.com/doj-lawsuit-physical-test-for-police-officers-discriminates-against-women/article/2501267

I remember back in the mid 70's when the Tacoma Fire Department changed all it's rules to fix it so women and minorities could scarf up jobs there even if it meant they weren't qualified. My uncle was a lieutenant in that dept. back then and he was livid. He pointed out that if a chick couldn't pass the physical exam then how was she going to pull people out of a burning building. They were forfeiting peoples lives just to be politically correct. This country just keeps getting worse and worse.

[Captain Oates 911]

I remember back in the mid 70's when the Tacoma Fire Department changed all it's rules to fix it so women and minorities could scarf up jobs there even if it meant they weren't qualified. My uncle was a lieutenant in that dept. back then and he was livid. He pointed out that if a chick couldn't pass the physical exam then how was she going to pull people out of a burning building. They were forfeiting peoples lives just to be politically correct. This country just keeps getting worse and worse.

Scarf up ? Do you mean they were Muslim women ?

[The Nature Boy 4,224]

DOJ lawsuit: Physical test for police officers discriminates against women

The Corpus Christi, Tex. Police Department has found itself on the business end of a civil rights lawsuit after the Justice Department concluded that a physical ability test used when considering job applications discriminates against women.

As a condition for employment, new applicants must pass a physical ability test (PAT) involving: pullups, a 300-meter run, a 1.5 mile run, and sit-ups. Only 19 percent of female applicants passed this test between 2005 and 2009, compared to 63 percent of men, the DOJ complaint records.

The Justice Department says that the test discriminates against women because "use of the PAT in the screening and selection of applicants for entry-level police officer jobs is not job-related, for the entry-level police officer position," according to the complaint.

"The Justice Department is looking forward to working with the city to resolve this matter in a way that eliminates the use of the unlawful physical ability test and gives women who were screened out of the process an opportunity to become Corpus Christi police officers," Thomas E. Perez, Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division, said in a statement on the lawsuit.

"If women had passed the PAT at the same rate as men, approximately 62 additional women would have been available for further consideration for the position of entry-level police officer," the Justice Department complaint also says.

In 2011, the city police modified the benchmarks for the PAT. Thirty-three percent of women passed the test under the new standards, along with 82 percent of men. DOJ says that these results also indicate discrimination.

http://washingtonexa...article/2501267

I can't imagine why we should have standards for Police officers, it makes no sense. It just gets weirder every day.

[Captain Oates 911]

I can't imagine why we should have standards for Police officers, it makes no sense. It just gets weirder every day.

When I was a kid, I joined Leeds City Police and the minimum height requirement was 5 foot 10

I guess that would be seen as discriminating against Gurkhas nowadays

Homosexuals could be arrested and jailed

Now, half the bloody government is 'gay'

The US has a married gay congressman - actually they probably have a few - I mean married to same sex

Its a different world for sure

[Danno 1,228]

When I was a kid, I joined Leeds City Police and the minimum height requirement was 5 foot 10

I guess that would be seen as discriminating against Gurkhas nowadays

This is a nuther double standard, the military and many civil service jobs reject men at different heights than women.

Why should a man be rejected while a woman 4 inches shorter than him is not?

Where is Obama on this when it came to gays and transgendered peps We heard "they just want to serve their country"...... well?

[Captain Oates 911]

This is a nuther double standard, the military and many civil service jobs reject men at different heights than women.

Why should a man be rejected while a woman 4 inches shorter than him is not?

Where is Obama on this when it came to gays and transgendered peps We heard "they just want to serve their country"...... well?

Well I suppose I have sort of made a sub-conscious effort to even it up coz I don't like tall women and favored the shorties at g/f's

They don't eat as much either