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ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED158033 AUTHOR: Hammond, Edith; Schneider, Mark
TITLE: A Paper Commitment: Equal Employment Opportunity in
the Kentucky Bureau of State Police--A Report Prepared by
the Kentucky Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on
Civil Rights.
YEAR PUBLISHED: 1978
NOTE: 25 p.; Notational information at the ends of chapters
will not reproduce well due to small type
ABSTRACT: A study was conducted to determine the extent and
level of employment of minorities and women as sworn
personnel in the Kentucky Bureau of State Police. Data was
collected by means of personal interviews with Bureau
officials, troopers, police personnel board members, and
representatives of civic and nonprofit organizations as
well as from Bureau employment records. It was found that
(1) women have never been employed on the Bureau's sworn
force; (2) minorities are seriously underrepresented,
occupying only 2.2 percent of the force positions in 1977;
(3) the Bureau has not demonstrated a commitment to equal
employment opportunity; (4) as shown in its eligibility
requirements that consist in part of job-unrelated
selection procedures (physical specifications, veterans
preference, a subjective background check, and personnel
board approval), the Bureau has not adopted affirmative
action policies; (5) significant future gains appear
unlikely; and (6) action through federal judicial process
is necessary to remedy the situation, and the suspension of
funding from the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration
is the first step in such action. (A reply from the Bureau
commissioner is also included, refuting the study's
findings.) (ELG)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: Court-Litigation; Employment-Patterns;
Employment-Problems; Employment-Qualifications; Federal
Courts; Females-; Minority-Groups; Personnel-Integration;
Personnel-Selection; Racial-Discrimination; Sex
Discrimination
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *Affirmative-Action;
*Employment-Practices; *Equal-Opportunities-Jobs;
*Personnel-Policy; *Police-
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