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ST PAUL (MN) - POLICE DEPARTMENT - MINORITY RECRUITMENT PROGRAM

NCJ Number
38559
Journal
Police Chief Volume: 44 Issue: 1 Dated: (JANUARY 1977) Pages: 18 & 20
Author(s)
R H ROWAN; J S GRIFFIN
Date Published
1977
Length
2 pages
Annotation
OUTLINE OF CITYWIDE MINORITY RECRUITMENT ACTIVITIES INTENDED TO ENCOURAGE QUALIFIED MINORITY APPLICANTS (A GOAL OF 60 MALE BLACK APPLICANTS WAS SET) TO APPLY AND BE APPOINTED POLICE OFFICERS.
Abstract
RECRUITMENT EFFORTS COMPRISED AN ORAL-INTERVIEW TUTORIAL SESSION FOR APPLICANTS, PHYSICAL TRAINING AND PREPARATION FOR THE PHYSICAL AGILITY PORTION OF THE TEST, WRITTEN EXAMINATION TUTORIALS, RADIO AND TELEVISION SPOT ANNOUNCEMENTS, PRESS AND COMMUNITY NEWS RELEASES, AND MEETINGS WITH INTERESTED GROUPS. OF THE 809 PERSONS WHO TOOK THE POLICE OFFICER EXAMINATION (INCLUDING 55 BLACK MALES), 53 FROM THE MINORITY GROUP PASSED. THE POLICE DEPARTMENT STARTED ITS RECRUITMENT ACADEMY WITH NINE BLACK MALES, ONE BLACK FEMALE, AND ONE HISPANIC MALE OUT OF 43 RECRUITS.