RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION OF MINORITY RACE PERSONS AS POLICE OFFICERS

• NCJ Number: 36094
• Journal: Police Chief Volume: 43 Issue: 9 Dated: (SEPTEMBER 1976) Pages: 60-64
• Author(s): D P Vanblaricon
• Date Published: 1976
• Length: 5 pages
• Corporate Author: International Assoc of Chiefs of Police
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

A RECRUITING AND TESTING SYSTEM TO ACHIEVE MINORITY REPRESENTATION IN A POLICE DEPARTMENT, DEVELOPED BY THE BELLEVUE, WASHINGTON, POLICE DEPARTMENT, IS DESCRIBED.

Abstract

THE PROCESS INVOLVED THE USE OF CULTURALLY NOW-BIASED APTITUDE TESTS, RANKING OF COMPOSITE TEST SCORES WITHIN MINORITY GROUP CLASSIFICATIONS, AND PSYCHOLOGICAL AND PHYSICAL TESTING.