Chicago PD: NO Entrance Exam To Be A Cop?

Some years ago I wouldn't have thought this possible -- now, I cannot say as I am completely floored:

The Chicago Police Department is seriously considering scrapping the police entrance exam, sources tell Fran Spielman.

Dropping the exam would bolster minority hiring and avert legal battles, according to one source, while others confirm that the exam could be scrapped to open the process to as many people as possible.

Thinking of this possibility, even in passing, makes me glad that I'll be retiring in the not too terribly distant future. I wouldn't want to be a cop if and when this trend goes national -- and take the heat from the ridiculous abrogations of law, bad decisions and societal messes that are assured to occur.

The placement of a qualified police officer on the street depends on a series of checks and balances that occur along the way. Any potential officer -- at least in Fornicalia -- has to pass a written entrance exam at the very start, then pass a physical-challenge course, a doctor's hands-on physical examination, a psychological exam, and a polygraph or CVSA. From there, a background check is conducted. Then comes the academy.

Following graduation, the recruit is placed onto the streets with a training officer. Upon successful completion, the officer is on full probation for one year.

Taking away an entrance exam? And, moreover, taking away an entrance exam for the purposes of melanin count?

This is not only a ridiculous proposition but dangerous as well. How assuaged will you feel when an officer, lawfully equipped to utilize deadly force, comes to your home to assist -- and is a product of no immediate or primary vetting?

Ladies and gentlemen, that is a consideration made solely in terms of "political correctness" and a clear recipe for disaster.

BZ