Affirmative Action & The Detroit Police Department
Approx. Words: 2,700 - Pages: 12 Add to cart Price $131.40
...30 December 1997 Executive Summary The racial imbalance of this country's work place has been evident since its very formation. They became particularly apparent after the civil rights movement during the 1960s. With the escalating national environment toward the establishment of affirmative action programs which were designed to improve the imbalance, agencies around the nation began to design and implement their own affirmative action programs under the auspices of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. The Detroit police department under the direction of Coleman Young, Detroit's first black mayor, would come to develop what would be one of the most aggressive affirmative action programs in the nation. Affirmative action was desperately needed within the department. Although the first black officer had been hired fairly early in the history of the department, a black did not achieve the rank of Lieutenant until 1962. The department was replete with racism both in its hiring and promotional practices and also in their dealing with the public. With the implementation of affirmative action the department made substantial changes to its racial composition. At the...
Add to cart Price $131.40