Police Systems Quiz 2

What is the Equal Employment Opportunity Act?

Makes it illegal to discriminate against a job applicant or employee on the basis of the person’s race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, transgender status, and sexual orientation), national origin, age (40 or older), disability, or genetic information

What year was the Equal Employment Opportunity Act passed?

1965

Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act-

Defined discrimination as the act of drawing distinctions from which to make selection and other personnel decisions based on considerations of race, color, sex, national origin, or religion

What was the first federal legislative action taken to prohibit discrimination in employment?

Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act

What two conditions of the 1964 Civil Rights Act affected Police Systems? (1)

Prohibited discrimination against individuals falling into certain classifications (disparate treatment) (1)

What two conditions of the 1964 Civil Rights Act affected Police Systems? (2)

The legislation was interpreted to mean that employers could not discriminate against classes or groups of people that fell under the protection of the Act (disparate impact) (2)

What is the name of the case that established new standards by which to judge the existence of discrimination in agencies?

Griggs v. Duke Power Co.

Griggs v. Duke Power Co. -

1971

How many people sued Duke Power Co.? What was their race?

14 African Americans

What was Duke Power Co. being sued over?

The requirement to have a H.S Diploma or pass an intelligence test for employment and promotions. Argues that it was discriminatory.

What did the case show?

It showed that discrimination could be found on the basis of disparate impact

What are the primary methods for establishing discrimination?

Disparate Rejection Rates and Population Comparisons

Disparate Rejection Rates-

When a minority group has a higher rejection rate than another group

Population Comparisons-

A way to compare the size of different populations

In what year was the first African-American police officer employed in?

1861

Where was the first African-American police officer employed in?

Washington D.C.

In the early 1900’s AA made about what percent of the nation’s police officers and firefighters?

2.7%

The vast majority of AA in the early 1900’s were hired in larger cities

True

By 1940, AA accounted for what percent of the nation’s police officers?

>1%

In 2013 racial and ethnic minorities comprised about what percent of full-tine sworn personnel?

27%

The percentage of AA police officers is currently about what percent?

12%

What is the percentage of AA police officers in 2022?

13.6%

What is the percentage of white police officers in 2022?

70.9%

Reasons for Integrating Police Departments (1)

Diversity makes a department more sensitive and effective in dealing with minority problems (1)

Reasons for Integrating Police Departments (2)

Diversity tends to reflect a more positive image in many quarters of a community (2)

Reasons for Integrating Police Departments (3)

Integration ultimately results in more minority input in police policy formulation, which results in better police service to minority communities (3)