The dumbing down of America@ @Austin_Police
Austin police no longer have to pass the written promotion exam because black and Hispanic officers were scoring lower than white and Asian officers.View quoted post on X
Officers can now fail the written test and still make sergeant or lieutenant. The city labeled the change “increased diversity opportunities for promotions.”
The city dropped the test requirement after it paid a consultant $2.4 million to tell the city that the test "may have an adverse impact on candidates of color."
Officers used to need a 70 on the written test before they could advance further. Now the written score is averaged 50/50 with a role-play exercise called an "assessment center," and only the combined score has to reach 70.
So an officer who gets 40 on the written test and aces the assessment center can still qualify.
APD's sergeant and lieutenant exam notices now say: "There shall be no minimum passing score for the written examination to participate."