What’s the brouhaha about cops who are poor test takers needing the option of merit promotions?
Individuals need a minimum of 60 college credits to apply to become a police officer and must pass a written test. To become a lieutenant or above, you must also have a bachelor’s degree.
If you are a poor test taker, how did you get through college and get hired by the Chicago Police Department in the first place?
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And let’s remember this, too. The test is about the job — the duties you are required to perform each and every day.
If you don’t know the rules and regulations and policies and procedures well enough to pass a test, does anyone really want you to be a supervisor?
Interim Supt. Charlie Beck has the right idea.
What is needed is more frequent testing with prep sessions offered through the academy and the elimination of merit (clout).
Robert Stasch, retired CPD lieutenant
No time to delay Clean Energy Jobs Act
I was incredibly disappointed when I read the Sun-Times article, “After big first-year wins, Pritzker looks to health care, Chicago casino — and dumping Trump.”
At a press conference, Gov. J.B. Pritzker discussed his priorities for January 2020, with no mention whatsoever of the Clean Energy Jobs Act.
Greta Thunberg helped to wake me up to the climate crisis. I’ve started to change how I live, what I buy and what I eat. Action is the only thing that can combat despair.
Like many environmental groups and activists in Illinois, I am pushing for CEJA, which will power millions of homes with renewable energy, reduce transportation pollution and promote economic opportunity.
Hundreds of people went to Springfield on Lobby Day in October to advocate for CEJA, but ultimately Pritzker postponed it to 2020. I will say what environmental groups and activists have been saying again and again: We do not have the time to delay CEJA.
I am not alone in pleading with Pritzker to reiterate that CEJA will be a priority for January 2020, and then to truly follow through.
Hannah Rumsey, Andersonville
