LAPD....are you trying to be an lapd police officer, and you are either a hispanic or white male, or even a black male? FORGET IT. Right now, the only way you can get in is by being a black or asian female (or any race of female, for that matter) or an asian male. LAPD decided to use it's affirmative action consent decree bullpoopie (just a bunch of reverse racism, nothing more), and I just found out by someone inside that they are all full of hispanics and whites, even though I scored high on the oral, passed poly and have an immaculate background. I've been sittin on my behind for 6 mos waiting for some answer, nothing. Lets face it, They are trying to over-represent the under-reprsented, and doing it in a bad way.... That means that if an asian female gets a 70 on her oral, but a hispanic male gets a 90, they don't care....they need to fill the slots.... It's no longer the best scoring person for the job, it's your race....that is RACISM...... 
Hey, maybe if I had undergone a sex change, I'd be in by now....not a bad idea is it...Oh well......

hey fred,

thanks for the reply....

You know, every time I call personnel dept, they can't tell me anything...I ask if I have a background investigator, they say "we'll contact you". I've made at least 25 phone calls since october, and it's just the runaround.....but thanks for your help..If you know a way to get through, I would sure be interested to hear about it..

Thanks anyways....