International Association of Official Human Rights Agencies Civil Rights Compliance - Newark, New Jersey, Reels 6 and 7

• NCJ Number: 83636
• Author(s): Anonymous
• Date Published: Unknown
• Length: 0 pages
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice; International Assoc of Official Human Rights Agencies
• Publication Format: Film
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: *This document is currently unavailable from NCJRS. 2 videotapes, total running time 1 hour 33 minutes, color, 1 inch - For the entire series on workshops held by the Association in 1975 in Boston, Seattle, and Newark, see NCJ-83625-83646.

Annotation

Participants perform a role-playing exercise in which a hypothetical police chief presents a progress report on his agency's equal employment opportunity plan (EEOP) implementation. EEOP 'compliance advisors' evaluate the plan.

Abstract

The agency's statement is characterized by generalities and ideological affirmations. The evaluators pinpoint its compliance shortcomings and contradict its nondiscriminatory contentions. They point to the role of statistics (on agency personnel, deployment schedules, service population, etc.) as a means of ascertaining the extent of an agency's compliance. The evaluators interrogate the chief on his agency's recruitment thrust, testing procedures and their applicability to police work, and the use of women in patrol. They point out which agency practices one vulnerable to litigation and suggest changes to bring them closer to the interest of the law. Finally, participants are given handouts that illustrate minority recruitment devices (posters, etc.) and other materials. An orientation to the remainder of the training program is presented.