Is the NJSP setting the bar higher for black troopers?
In a new twist to the ongoing storm of controversy surrounding the New Jersey State Police, statistics released in March by the state Attorney Generals Office revealed that a disproportionate number of minority troopers were refused re-enlistment by the agency between 1987 and 1995. Figures from those years, the most recent in which graduates from the State Police Academy were eligible to be considered for re-enlistment, showed minorities accounting for 14 of 25, or 56 percent, of those whom the State Police decline to retain. During that same period, minorities accounted for a high of 32 percent of the academy graduates in the 1988 class, and a low of 6 percent of graduates in 1995… –top– Hitting cops where they live: NYPD residency plan gets trimmed back New York City police officials in April announced a scaled-back plan to increase the racial diversity of its upper ranks by adding a 2.5-point residency credit for city dwellers on the sergeants promotional exam. The plan comes a
