monday. november 24, 1975
daily nebraskan
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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,
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tion and begin assigning women to patrol duty in January.
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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.
Committee organization began in summer 1974, Steward
said. Formal invitations were extended in autumn 1975, he
said.
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