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Rantz: King County Detention dramatically lowers standards for 'equity' hires


King County Department of Adult and Juvenile Detention. (KIRO 7)
The King County Department of Adult and Juvenile Detention dramatically lowered its hiring standards to promote more people of color and LGBTQ employees. Consequently, the department effectively adopts affirmative action policies rather than hiring the candidates best suited for the job.
In 2018, the DAJD conducted an equity impact review for its Corrections Sergeants promotional process. It found that while several minority candidates applied, few passed the written exam. Rather than address why the results looked the way they did, the department lowered the threshold to pass the exam.
The move was meant to promote staffing “equity,” an increasingly meaningless term that bears no resemblance to its original definition. Instead, it ensures that underqualified candidates are being promoted when there’s increased scrutiny of members of law enforcement. ....

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