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Thursday, July 31, 2014

DOJ Says Pa. State Police Discriminated Against Women Who Flunked Physical Fitness Tests

(CNSNews.com) - The Obama administration is suing the Pennsylvania State Police for requiring both men and women applying for entry-level trooper jobs to pass the same physical fitness tests.

Because more men than women pass the tests, their use is discriminatory and violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Justice Department says.

Because female applicants failed the 2003 physical fitness test and the revised 2009 test at "statistically higher rates than male applicants, female applicants were less likely to proceed through the selection process and thus less likely to be hired as entry-level troopers," DOJ stated in its lawsuit.

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8 comments:

Anonymous said...

They should increase the standards.

Anonymous said...

At the end of the day both men and women have to do the same job. If women can't do what men do they have no reason being in that field. The same should hold true for the military.

Anonymous said...

I thought we were all equal?

Anonymous said...

Oh C'mon guys...hang a Doughnut or Hot dog at the end of the pull up bar....they will reach that and pass the test

Anonymous said...

If you can't hack it you can't hack it.

Anonymous said...

If the test can't be passed, they aren't fit. Don't change the test, change who takes it?

Anonymous said...

JUstice dept. is wrong in this case.

Anonymous said...

This has nothing to do with physical fitness. This is another step by the Obama owned DOJ to take over the Pa. State Police. We are quickly becoming a police state owned by Obama.

The Border Patrol is now harassing Americans and giving Mexicans free passes.

You idiots that voted for Obama better wake up.