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4 pages in length. Minority representation within America's police force has experienced little improvement over the years, with Asians, Hispanics, African-Americans reflecting but a small percentage of the nation's predominantly white law enforcement. Women represent a subset of this minority group that has seen even less increase due to America's police force still being overwhelmingly male. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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subset of this minority group that has seen even less increase due to Americas police force still being "overwhelmingly male" (Frasch, 2004, p. PG). Garden City, New Jersey, is just
one of myriad communities nationwide that has long dealt with the detrimental impact of disproportional minority representation on its police force. In 2000, City Commissioner Tim Cruz "expressed frustration"
(Salcetti, 2001, p. PG) to "outraged citizens clamoring about the Garden City Police Department" (p. PG) - mostly about the consistent shortage of law enforcement officers - an opportunity that
would seem perfect for filling the void with minorities. The problem, however, is how poorly minorities perform on the requisite testing procedures, ultimately precluding any consideration for joining the
force. It is not as though Garden City had any difficulty cultivating interest for the eleven available positions, having received eight hundred applications
in a matter of four months; rather, by the time those applicants were weeded out for various qualifying shortcomings, just over three dozen actually joined the force; twenty-eight were still
employed as of 2001, which consisted of six women, two Hispanics, one African-American, one Asian and eighteen Caucasians. "Such a lack of diversity in the police department in a
town with a combined minority rate close to 50 percent continues to plague city officials, administrators and most particularly, police personnel" (Salcetti, 2001, p. PG). One potential - if not
hotly debated - alternative is what critics call "dumbing down" (Price, 1997, p. PG) the entrance exams so minorities are more readily able to pass the multi-step testing process.
When Garden City was faced with the decision to "either lower the hiring standard, or make do with being short" (Salcetti, 2001, p. PG), officials opted to run short to
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