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An 8 page paper discussing the true level of integration—that of attitude—within the nation's police forces. In large cities, the police force is more likely to be organized along racial lines rather than simply being 'blue.' Such is not the case in smaller towns, however, and the populations of all those towns add up. Small-town America appears to have a much more workable grasp on the issue of race, and the combined population is much greater than are the combined populations of the three or four largest of American cities where police-department racism is a greater issue. In sum, the collective police force of the nation taken as a whole can be said to be more 'blue' than any other color. Considering the racial generation gap of public opinion polls, we should be able to expect that blue hue to grow deeper and more discernible in coming years. Bibliography lists 14 sources. KSp-race.doc
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the appearances presented by current TV shows, the entertainment world at least would have the country believing that there is no racism in the nations police departments and that racial
and ethnic officers are well-represented in the administrative regions of local departments. Racism within police departments across the country appears to be more a function of city size and
the attendant problems of large cities not found in smaller municipalities. Urban Areas Numbers Figures
can be used or perverted to fill nearly any purpose, and racial balance in police departments is no exception. Sgt. Grace Ridley is the former president of New Yorks
black fraternal police organization, the Guardians. She said in 1996 that while 13.8 percent of New York Citys police force was black, only 3.8 percent of the positions of
captain and higher were filled with black personnel (Moss, 1996). Chief Michael Markman was the NYPDs head of personnel at the time, and he claimed that the underlying reason
for the disparity is that the promotion process is "very competitive" (Moss, 1996; p. 12). Baltimores police departments numbers were higher in both categories - 33 percent of the
force with 18 percent of the command positions - but still were skewed enough that the director of the black fraternal organization there called the disparity "blatant" (Moss, 1996; p.
12). Amid facts and figures such as these are stories such as that of a white Memphis police officer who consistently was passed
over for promotion in favor of black applicants. The man "ranked 59th out of 209 applicants for 75 available positions as police sergeant, but he did not get promoted.
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