America’s police: Race and hiring criteria

April 17, 2015

To attract recruits, Sarasota, Florida, police department is lowering educational requirement

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America’s police: Race and hiring criteria

Philadelphia police commissioner Charles Ramsey claimed that all the negative news about cops is turning young people and minorities away from careers in law enforcement. It's a problem confounding cities across the country. Communities with large minority populations being policed by overwhelmingly white departments. Ali Velshi investigates.


 

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