A bit of a sore spot for you??? Sorry for the late response, as I have already said on another thread, it's because I'm somewhat new to this site. But back to the topic at hand.....being born white and applying to the nations ("supposedly") finest. I don't think there's one poster on this entire site who knows what I know and who's gathered the information I possess regarding hiring standards and practices with the LAPD. The Los Angeles Police Department has been known for actually breaking, or more to the point, "bending " the rules to assist a minority applicant in getting hired. (and please, spare me the responses of "racist," as it's getting old when I voice my opinion, and I don't need to hear it.) This department was at one time, the "creme de la creme," so to speak, of every single police department throughout the entire nation. This was the ultimate police department everybody looked up to. It was made world famous by movies and TV shows like Dragnet, Police Story and Adam-12. Author Joseph Wambaugh promoted the LAPD in his many ficticious novels. Some of his books regarding LAPD were also non-fiction. The LAPD was at it's highest once, in being THE very best police department to apply to. It was (and still is) world famous. But that was then-and this is now. Before I go further, I want to make it abundantly clear I am in no way slandering any ethnic group or making any underline racial slurs, as this is not the case in my post. But since the topic was brought up and the introduction of Affirmative-Action was introduced into civil service hiring procedures, coupled with the mandated Federal hiring practises for the position of police officer with the LAPD, this department has gone all-out and hired the most imcompetent, inept, incapable trainees, not based on whether or not they are able to do the job, but whether or not the city of LA has met their hiring quota which will guarantee addional federal funding for the following years. And yes, they even greatly lowered the written test process in order that more minorities and women apply. There was a time when even if an applicant said he smoked marijuana one time, he was automatically disqualified. This was LAPD's policy for years. But now, even with the admittance of using cocaine, it is now not a disqualifying factor, providing of course, it wasn't too recently. This to me, is outrageous. This is absurd. And when I say I have quite literally almost first-hand knowledge on this issue, I mean just that. I have some friends who've worked there for years, who say they have never seen the training abilities and practises of techniques fall to an all-time low. And this also includes the morale problem, which is still at the all-time low and will take years to recover, thanks to ex-chief Bernard Parks, who's now an elected city council member. So, no. Don't balme yourself Paq, for your "birth defect," it's just the way it is, when you live in a melting pot like Southern California. You are the minority now. Mike_C.
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