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monday. november 24, 1975 daily nebraskan page 1 1 Police to study off icer selection Rv Randv Etemdt The Lincoln Personnel Office has taken the first steps to prevent legal questions of discrimination and to "improve th-5 police officer selection process, according to its direc tor. Walt Mitchell. Mitchell said $6,000 from the city's contingency fund will be used to hire the consulting firm of Wollack, Waibel and Associates of Fair Oaks, Calif., to study Lincoln's cur rent police officer entrance exam standards. Last week the City Council appropriated money for the study. Lincoln will hire the firm on a joint-basis with other cities, including Omaha, Milwaukee, Wise, Colorado Springs, Colo., and Birmingham, Ala. Mitchell said current standards of reading comprehen sion, psychological traits and physical characteristice are "very subjective" and are decided on a "by guess, by golly" process. He said subjectivity, of the standards would make the city a prime target for charges of discrimination by anyone who failed the exam. "There has been a lot of trouble around the country (with discriminating standards)," he said. "Especially where minority populations are larger and women are more active He said the study, which will take about a year to com plete, will bolster the city's case in discrimination charges with "some sort of validity.'' : Although Lincoln has not been bothered with many of these charges, MitcheH said, it has been very vulnerable. hese standards have been a key issue with the courts," he said. "Even a 50-year-old applicant who was disqualified could charge age discrimination." Meanwhile, UNL Campus Police does not plan to revise their entrance exam, according to Campus Police Lt. Robert Edmunds. "We have no specific criteria for size, weight or sex," he said. "We aren't in danger of charges of discrimination." Campus police applicants take the same written test as the city administers, undergo a polygraph test by the Nebraska State Patrol, and have psychological and physical tests supervised by the University Health Center. Campus Police already has women with patrol status, Edmunds said. I incntn Pntire unit - - - m uv sue wuviijiwmi ivauiv tion and begin assigning women to patrol duty in January. GSlflJJVSllFJEE SB 03 rami: Committee to advise student architects A 12-meinber professional advisory committee nf arrhi. tects, ptanners and building specialists has been formed for UNL's College of Architecture. The committee, which will meet at least once each se mester, is designed to advise individuals and groups within the college and will establish an advisory relationship be tween the college and the professional community, said W. Cecil Steward, College of Architecture dean. Committee members are professionals involved with environmental interests and the construction industry, he said. 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