Dropping the exam would bolster minority hiring and avert legal battles, according to one source, while others confirm that the exam could be scrapped to open the process to as many people as possible.
However, the lack of an exam would make Chicago the lone major city without one, and experts contend that the exam is integral to eliminating unqualified applicants.
And as of last year, one in four patrol officers were African-American, but just one in 12 Lieutenants were of color.
Without an entrance exam, there would eventually be a much larger number of black patrol officers and almost no black Lieutenants as well as a less qualified police force in general.
This is a result of the failing public schools in Chicago that push kids through who often don’t have the basic skills.
It is disconcerting to realize that Mr. Obama chose Arne Duncan (pictured), the former Superintendent of Chicago Public Schools, to be the Secretary of Education.
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