NCJ Number
36094
Journal
Police Chief Volume: 43 Issue: 9 Dated: (SEPTEMBER 1976) Pages: 60-64
Date Published
1976
Length
5 pages
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.