Minority Promotion Goals Unmet by Police
The Police Department has failed to meet goals for promoting women, African Americans and Latinos to detective and other posts as required by a consent decree entered into in 1992, according to a report released Tuesday.
The LAPD report said African American promotion goals for Sergeant II, Detective II and Detective III were not met last fiscal year.
Promotions of Latinos to Sergeant I, Detective I and Detective III also fell short.
Goals for promoting women to Lieutenant I and II and Detective II and III also were unmet.
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