Impact of Fanchon Blake v. City of Los Angeles on the Selection, Recruitment, Training, Appointment and Performance of Women and Minorities for the Los Angeles Police Department and the City of Los Angeles.

• NCJ Number: 125702
• Date Published: 1990
• Length: 369 pages
• Sponsoring Agency: Haynes (the John Randolph) and Dora Haynes Foundation
• Corporate Author: Claremont Graduate School
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Legislation/Policy Analysis
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: Volumes I and II

Annotation

This study examines the effects of a district court decision that requires police departments in the Los Angeles area to develop non-discriminatory hiring practices.

Abstract

The two volume study contains a description of the research methods, a literature review of minority involvement in law enforcement, and analysis of the research data collected from a sample of police officers in the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD). In Fanchon Blake, the Federal District Court issued a Consent Decree requiring alteration of criteria for employment as a police officer. Criteria development affected recruitment, selection, training, and employment of officers. The study attempts to survey officers' perceptions of services provided before and after changes made pursuant to the Consent Decree. Variables thought to be affected by the Consent Decree include levels of experience, motivation, preparation of officers seeking employment, training experience, actual officer performance within the first year of employment, levels of job satisfaction, and degrees of cynicism toward the job. Based on LAPD surveys, the researchers found no significant differences attributable to the Consent Decree. Appendixes are provided that include the Fanchon Blake Consent Decree and the survey.