I was thinking the same thing. This was a massive failure from within the city's HR, but why? Was this because of orders higher up the food chain? Possibly because this guy was connected to someone, or maybe because they were trying to make some kind of political points? It doesn't look like a typical DEI hire scenario, so what was it? You are right. This leaves the city open to all kinds of civil rights litigation. Thank God no citizen was injured because of this guy having a badge. He should have never been hired - but I have seen this kind of thing before.
Bear with me here fren. A little long, but it tells a good story.
Been a victim of politically motivated city hiring practices myself because of directives that originated higher up that food chain. Years ago, while still living in So CA, I was pursuing a career in law enforcement. I was an Administration of Justice major at one of the main local colleges for this major that also operated its own POST academy. All of the county's municipalities used this academy to certify their officer hires - the only exception was the Orange County Sheriff's Dept which had their own POST academy. They also trained the city of Santa Ana's PD officers. The LAPD had their own academy and they were the main hub for specialized SWAT training at the time that was used by most all the jurisdictions in So CA. I had several buddies on departments in Orange Country that were also LA SWAT trained.
Because of the population density of So CA, naturally competition for positions was fierce. These were good secure government jobs with all the usual benefits. Prospective hires like myself, used various means to improve the chances of being hired. The thinking went like this: If the hiring board knew that a prospective hire was not likely to wash out of the academy, which costs the city money, your chances of being hired would be better. I knew several guys that had joined the military and spent 4 -6 years in the service working as an MP. Getting through boot camp alone and serving an enlistment was also seen as a plus. Then they attended college, like myself, to get a degree in Administration of Justice. Long gone were the days of some bloke getting hired with just a HS diploma. Some guys also went through POST certification on their own - all on their own dime to improve their chances. Needless to say, we all had time and money invested in pursuing law enforcement as a career choice - some with more investment than others.
In the late seventies, the Federal Courts ordered Affirmative Action with regards to police departments in CA. This sent shock waves throughout our world. It was not long before the impacts of forced diversification became personally felt. I was one of them, along with most of the guys that I knew and spent time with every day. I only had a few years of school invested. Others however, had almost a decade of time and money invested in this career track. It was heartbreaking and demoralizing.
Every city was under court order to obtain some arbitrary quota within their departments. Cities were hiring minorities and women to get those numbers to acceptable levels ASAP. Yes, there were positions that opened up, but these municipalities knew who they had to hire in advance. It didn't really matter what their qualifications were as long as it checked the right box - just like what we saw with DEI. DEI was AA on steroids. Anyway, we all knew that our prospects of landing a job any time in the near future were going to be slim to none.
It had been the practice for years that the first thing to happen was a civil service test in order to weed out candidates. If you passed that, then you went for an oral interview before the board. Usually the process was grueling. Sometimes there would be a second interview if you made the final cuts. Then there was the background check, which at the time was taking around 3 months. They wanted to know everything. Family relations, where you lived for 10-15 years, financials, employment, Federal crime data base, education, finger prints, all of it. It was required to be an American citizen. They didn't leave many stones unturned. Sounds like you know the drill.
I knew that something was off when I applied for one of a couple of positions that opened up suddenly with a local PD. The whole process of hiring that had been in place for years seemed to be turned on its head. During that first round I had expected to take a civil service test. Boy, was I shocked when all we did was take a 25 word spelling test and a 50 word essay on why we wanted the job. I was dumbfounded. I noticed that some of the guys that were already officers, and were trying to laterally transfer, got up and walked out. Maybe the spelling test was to see how well you knew English. Who knows? The words they chose for the test were a joke.
Anyway, I managed to get an interview. That too was a joke. I was expecting to be asked some difficult questions to see where my head was at. But it was a repeat of the written test. They only asked me one question - why I wanted the job? I was rattled that the process seemed so off. When I got home I told my mom. (I was living with her at the time because working full time and carrying a full load at school didn't mix well.) While I was gone she had spoken on the phone with one of her friends that happened to work for that city's HR. Her friend had told her that she wished she would have known in advance before I went through the trouble of taking the test and getting interviewed. She would have told me not to bother. The city already knew who they were going to hire before they even started the sham hiring process. They had instructions to hire an African male and a female with a Spanish surname. That was when I realized that my career prospects in this field were going to be a dead end possibly for the next 10 years or longer in order for these cities to bring themselves into compliance. I felt really bad for my buddies that had a hell of a lot more invested in this endeavor.
The cities that hired these people paid for it in the end. I will give you just one example. This one even made the local news - but of course the news didn't report that is was a result of AA policies. LAPD caught a couple of their AA hires stealing TVs from a warehouse at night using their patrol cars. They were finally caught when detectives from that division staked out the warehouse due to the increased numbers of thefts in the area. These two clowns worked the night shift. They backed up their cruisers to the loading docks and threw TVs in their trunks - all caught on camera. This was all while they were supposed to be in the area on increased patrol duty because of thefts. A perfect set up from these jokers' view. They had stolen thousands of dollars of merchandise over the course of several months. In addition, LAPD, already rocked with scandal, was raked over the coals by the public and the press. The quiet part couldn't be spoken out loud in their defense. This was caused by AA. Just like with DEI, we saw all the same problems crop up that had occurred during AA - unqualified people in sensitive positions that should never have the job.
When all of this went down, I was then faced with the reality of trying to change career paths after being so focused for several years on the one I had chosen. All the planning and preparation had to be thrown in the dumpster. My mother tried to encourage me to pursue law. Other than having an interest in Constitutional Law, I really didn't want that for myself. It took me a few years to decide on another career path, but I did - medical science. The twists and turns we make on our road in life can take us to unexpected places. In the end, no regrets. Any knowledge gained is useful. So even though things did not turn out as I had first planned, it was for the best. I trust God. He knows what He is doing - even when I don't.
Have a great weekend fren and thanks for listening to me vent. Cheers.
At least by the time your husband got hired the frenzy of it had evened out somewhat. But it sounds like it was still a pain in rear. Those quotas pushed many well qualified people out of the profession. Great that his perseverance paid off in the end. For us back in the day, the prospects were dismal if not impossible. But like I stated, no regrets. In the end it worked out for me - although in a way I had not envisioned. I too am glad that DEI is being jettisoned in favor of more merit based hiring practices - as it should be.
That's why Trump is put in place to help this country. It's in such deep shit. My neighbor (truck driver) just got in an accident in TX because an illegal trucker (speak hardly a word of English) rammed into his tractor trailer. He was able to save the truck from flipping but now he is in such pain.
They, more than likely, knew who they were hiring when this person was hired. The background investigators who let this go through to hiring should also be fires, for not speaking up. Pritzker would have, at known about this and maybe authorized it. He, Pritzker, should be re-called at the least. Then charged with a crime and when found guilty-jailed for a very long time
Pritzker didn’t know about this specific situation as this is a local municipality but the democrat policies out in place most definitely enabled this to happen. Problem is, this has been a snowballing of democrat policies over many years.
I can believe he didn't know, as he was the governor and not the head of the county the officer was hired in. I believe you are correct in your second statement.
Illegal truck drivers, and now illegal police officers. We are screwed.
"now illegal police officers"
...storm troopers...
FIFY
Definitely storm troopers. Thanks.
Uh, what happened to background checks?
I was thinking the same thing. This was a massive failure from within the city's HR, but why? Was this because of orders higher up the food chain? Possibly because this guy was connected to someone, or maybe because they were trying to make some kind of political points? It doesn't look like a typical DEI hire scenario, so what was it? You are right. This leaves the city open to all kinds of civil rights litigation. Thank God no citizen was injured because of this guy having a badge. He should have never been hired - but I have seen this kind of thing before.
Bear with me here fren. A little long, but it tells a good story.
Been a victim of politically motivated city hiring practices myself because of directives that originated higher up that food chain. Years ago, while still living in So CA, I was pursuing a career in law enforcement. I was an Administration of Justice major at one of the main local colleges for this major that also operated its own POST academy. All of the county's municipalities used this academy to certify their officer hires - the only exception was the Orange County Sheriff's Dept which had their own POST academy. They also trained the city of Santa Ana's PD officers. The LAPD had their own academy and they were the main hub for specialized SWAT training at the time that was used by most all the jurisdictions in So CA. I had several buddies on departments in Orange Country that were also LA SWAT trained.
Because of the population density of So CA, naturally competition for positions was fierce. These were good secure government jobs with all the usual benefits. Prospective hires like myself, used various means to improve the chances of being hired. The thinking went like this: If the hiring board knew that a prospective hire was not likely to wash out of the academy, which costs the city money, your chances of being hired would be better. I knew several guys that had joined the military and spent 4 -6 years in the service working as an MP. Getting through boot camp alone and serving an enlistment was also seen as a plus. Then they attended college, like myself, to get a degree in Administration of Justice. Long gone were the days of some bloke getting hired with just a HS diploma. Some guys also went through POST certification on their own - all on their own dime to improve their chances. Needless to say, we all had time and money invested in pursuing law enforcement as a career choice - some with more investment than others.
In the late seventies, the Federal Courts ordered Affirmative Action with regards to police departments in CA. This sent shock waves throughout our world. It was not long before the impacts of forced diversification became personally felt. I was one of them, along with most of the guys that I knew and spent time with every day. I only had a few years of school invested. Others however, had almost a decade of time and money invested in this career track. It was heartbreaking and demoralizing.
Every city was under court order to obtain some arbitrary quota within their departments. Cities were hiring minorities and women to get those numbers to acceptable levels ASAP. Yes, there were positions that opened up, but these municipalities knew who they had to hire in advance. It didn't really matter what their qualifications were as long as it checked the right box - just like what we saw with DEI. DEI was AA on steroids. Anyway, we all knew that our prospects of landing a job any time in the near future were going to be slim to none.
It had been the practice for years that the first thing to happen was a civil service test in order to weed out candidates. If you passed that, then you went for an oral interview before the board. Usually the process was grueling. Sometimes there would be a second interview if you made the final cuts. Then there was the background check, which at the time was taking around 3 months. They wanted to know everything. Family relations, where you lived for 10-15 years, financials, employment, Federal crime data base, education, finger prints, all of it. It was required to be an American citizen. They didn't leave many stones unturned. Sounds like you know the drill.
I knew that something was off when I applied for one of a couple of positions that opened up suddenly with a local PD. The whole process of hiring that had been in place for years seemed to be turned on its head. During that first round I had expected to take a civil service test. Boy, was I shocked when all we did was take a 25 word spelling test and a 50 word essay on why we wanted the job. I was dumbfounded. I noticed that some of the guys that were already officers, and were trying to laterally transfer, got up and walked out. Maybe the spelling test was to see how well you knew English. Who knows? The words they chose for the test were a joke.
Anyway, I managed to get an interview. That too was a joke. I was expecting to be asked some difficult questions to see where my head was at. But it was a repeat of the written test. They only asked me one question - why I wanted the job? I was rattled that the process seemed so off. When I got home I told my mom. (I was living with her at the time because working full time and carrying a full load at school didn't mix well.) While I was gone she had spoken on the phone with one of her friends that happened to work for that city's HR. Her friend had told her that she wished she would have known in advance before I went through the trouble of taking the test and getting interviewed. She would have told me not to bother. The city already knew who they were going to hire before they even started the sham hiring process. They had instructions to hire an African male and a female with a Spanish surname. That was when I realized that my career prospects in this field were going to be a dead end possibly for the next 10 years or longer in order for these cities to bring themselves into compliance. I felt really bad for my buddies that had a hell of a lot more invested in this endeavor.
The cities that hired these people paid for it in the end. I will give you just one example. This one even made the local news - but of course the news didn't report that is was a result of AA policies. LAPD caught a couple of their AA hires stealing TVs from a warehouse at night using their patrol cars. They were finally caught when detectives from that division staked out the warehouse due to the increased numbers of thefts in the area. These two clowns worked the night shift. They backed up their cruisers to the loading docks and threw TVs in their trunks - all caught on camera. This was all while they were supposed to be in the area on increased patrol duty because of thefts. A perfect set up from these jokers' view. They had stolen thousands of dollars of merchandise over the course of several months. In addition, LAPD, already rocked with scandal, was raked over the coals by the public and the press. The quiet part couldn't be spoken out loud in their defense. This was caused by AA. Just like with DEI, we saw all the same problems crop up that had occurred during AA - unqualified people in sensitive positions that should never have the job.
When all of this went down, I was then faced with the reality of trying to change career paths after being so focused for several years on the one I had chosen. All the planning and preparation had to be thrown in the dumpster. My mother tried to encourage me to pursue law. Other than having an interest in Constitutional Law, I really didn't want that for myself. It took me a few years to decide on another career path, but I did - medical science. The twists and turns we make on our road in life can take us to unexpected places. In the end, no regrets. Any knowledge gained is useful. So even though things did not turn out as I had first planned, it was for the best. I trust God. He knows what He is doing - even when I don't.
Have a great weekend fren and thanks for listening to me vent. Cheers.
At least by the time your husband got hired the frenzy of it had evened out somewhat. But it sounds like it was still a pain in rear. Those quotas pushed many well qualified people out of the profession. Great that his perseverance paid off in the end. For us back in the day, the prospects were dismal if not impossible. But like I stated, no regrets. In the end it worked out for me - although in a way I had not envisioned. I too am glad that DEI is being jettisoned in favor of more merit based hiring practices - as it should be.
Pritzker's world. You expect anything? Howls.
Not any more.
That's why Trump is put in place to help this country. It's in such deep shit. My neighbor (truck driver) just got in an accident in TX because an illegal trucker (speak hardly a word of English) rammed into his tractor trailer. He was able to save the truck from flipping but now he is in such pain.
This has to stop.
...so what are they going to do about it...
ICE will probably deport him but Pritzker, send him to alligators please.
Libtard heads will most likely explode
I would not count on it.
In 2023, California became the first of several states that changed rules so that migrants could become law enforcement officials: https://lawenforcementtoday.com/no-this-isnt-satire-newly-sworn-los-angeles-police-officers-daca-recipients-who-entered-us-illegally
Illinois and Colorado did as well not long afterwards.
They, more than likely, knew who they were hiring when this person was hired. The background investigators who let this go through to hiring should also be fires, for not speaking up. Pritzker would have, at known about this and maybe authorized it. He, Pritzker, should be re-called at the least. Then charged with a crime and when found guilty-jailed for a very long time
Pritzker didn’t know about this specific situation as this is a local municipality but the democrat policies out in place most definitely enabled this to happen. Problem is, this has been a snowballing of democrat policies over many years.
I can believe he didn't know, as he was the governor and not the head of the county the officer was hired in. I believe you are correct in your second statement.
Good!