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A Brooklyn jury recently ruled that New York Police Department quotas definitely motivate and affect NYPD officers' arrests.
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The Age - Melbourne,Victoria,A
24 February 2008
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Too many female recruits hurt
Former assistant commissioner Noel Ashby has questioned Victoria Police's policies of seeking equal numbers of men and women in the force and of bringing in older recruits.
Mr Ashby said older and female recruits were unlikely to remain in the force as long as traditionally recruited young males and were often unwilling or unable to fill important operational roles.
He suggested a better gender balance of 60% male and 40% female might be "more realistic".
Mr Ashby, who faces possible charges of perjury and misconduct in public office following an Office of Public Integrity inquiry, said the gender balance and age policies could lead to a drain of officers within seven to 10 years.
He also said the current gender quota was preventing good male candidates from becoming policemen. "On pure quotas it's a fact that men are trying to join Victoria Police in far greater numbers than women, but women are joining in far greater numbers because of the quota."
Earlier this week Mr Ashby revealed that operational police numbers had been secretly cut back in a number of areas since Chief Commissioner Christine Nixon took office. There are 28% fewer transit police on public transport; 13% fewer traffic police; and the force response unit, which provides back-up to operational police, had been halved.
The age and gender policies were issues that "need to be thought out very carefully", said Mr Ashby. "It's a fact that we don't keep women, as a general rule and aged recruits, obviously, as long. And that could mean a serious further downstream problem in staffing."
"That's not a discriminatory statement; it means we need to look at the demographics and age profile in a way that plans for delivery of police services seven to 10 years hence. It causes long-term planning risks."
He said people who joined the force at a later age were often reluctant to do a range of duties such as regular night shifts. "That is also an issue for young mums because they don't want to be away from their kids. We're already seeing those stresses come into the organisation where we're unable to attract women to some areas.
"It's difficult to attract women to some of the specialist traffic areas, such as booze buses because seven shifts out of nine are late, after 6pm, for obvious reasons. It's also very difficult to attract women to specialist taskforces because of the periods of time they have to be away."
Mr Ashby said he was not saying the force did not have to do more to make the environment easier for women or for special interest groups. "But should it therefore follow that quotas of 40% would be more realistic?"
A spokeswoman for Ms Nixon said the ratio of women within Victoria Police was currently low compared with other states. "We are working hard to change that. The fact is that everyone who comes into the force does so on the basis of merit."
She said the current attrition rate within the force was only 2% a year. "So the perception of people leaving the force in droves is just not right."
'Campaign by stealth' to dig up dirt on Nixon and Overland
A private investigator has been approached to "dig dirt" on police Chief Commissioner Christine Nixon and her deputy, Simon Overland.
It is alleged that a senior member of the Police Association briefed the investigator, a former Victorian detective, late last month.
Sources say the brief was to check specific allegations designed to embarrass Ms Nixon and Mr Overland. Neither Ms Nixon nor Mr Overland would comment yesterday, but senior police sources said they were aware of the move.
"It is absolutely part of an orchestrated campaign," one source said. "They are doing it through stealth." Said another source: "It's a whispering campaign designed to deflect from the OPI matters, and it's going to continue."
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