Comments on: “We were getting people with 60 hours of college credit who were reading at a third-grade level. What do you think you’ll get if you have no screening process?”

By: jkoerner

jkoerner — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 14:32:21 +0000

This is why we should appeal outdated civil rights laws. They cause more trouble than they are worth.

By: Todd Rogers

Todd Rogers — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 18:32:24 +0000

This is a dream come true for plaintiff attorneys. Coerce law-enforcement in to hiring crap-for-brains rookies thereby creating a nice stream of civil rights lawsuits. What could possibly be wrong with this bright idea?

By: Jane

Jane — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 17:49:52 +0000

Illiterate cops? That’s about all they can hire in Jackson, Mississippi.

By: William Nuesslein

William Nuesslein — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 17:30:00 +0000

“There’s a legal limit to the snow here,
in Camelot”
but such a limit on snow in Chicago would be considered foolish.

I agree with the eliminating the tests, because tests can not be valid and race-neutral at the same time, and that is what the law requires.

By: GregS

GregS — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 17:08:09 +0000

So in an age where the police are tasked with enforcing ever more complicated and arcane laws, we think it’s unfair to expect them to be able to read above the third grade level?

By: Simple Justice

Simple Justice — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 12:45:47 +0000

Chicago’s Bravest Aren’t Its Smartest…

Solutions to problems where a variety of tensions are at play are often hard to find. Chicago, in an excess of caution, has managed to come up with a solution that fails everyone. Rather than suffer
the risk of a police test that could open the door t…