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Chicago Cops Propose to Discard Entrance Exam to Increase Minority Hires

By Jerry A. Kane
Thursday, January 7, 2010

City Hall sources say that the Chicago Police Department wants to dump its entrance exam because it would boost the hiring of minorities and save money on test preparation and lawsuits filed against the exam process. If the application-only process is implemented, Chicago would become the only major US city that would not have police entrance exams.

Brad Woods, who had been in charge of the Personnel Division under Chicago Police Superintendents Phil Cline and Terry Hillard thinks the idea is the “wrong way to go.â€