New additions to the Gilford PD. One has paid his dues in the traditional way. The other? Bleepin' deus ex machina into the public sector, baby. A twenty-two one-year-old candidate for a police position apparently applies before he's in the area, after just marrying and planning on coming up here. A black man who no doubt will be a tremendous asset to the town. I'm sure his personality is off the charts. Just, well, he'll have to learn the difference between routes 11B and 11A and C. It took me two years. And how to drive in the snow. No tire spinning and fish tailing allowed. But it prompts the following indecorous thought: Shouldn't he have been in the area a little longer than a week to learn the layout of the land? Oh, silly racist me.
Could this have occurred to a white guy? Probably not. Sorry for the cynicism, but when my West Point roommate flunked out it wasn't a hindrance to him whatsoever getting wined and dined by Emory University in Atlanta and receiving a full scholarship.
Yours truly, on the other hand, with significantly higher grades and a much stronger high school background and board scores was ignored by Miami of Ohio, laughed at by Indiana University, and felt sorry for by the University of Wisconsin.
What's Rule One in Charles Sykes's most recent book?
Could this have occurred to a white guy? Probably not. Sorry for the cynicism, but when my West Point roommate flunked out it wasn't a hindrance to him whatsoever getting wined and dined by Emory University in Atlanta and receiving a full scholarship.
Yours truly, on the other hand, with significantly higher grades and a much stronger high school background and board scores was ignored by Miami of Ohio, laughed at by Indiana University, and felt sorry for by the University of Wisconsin.
What's Rule One in Charles Sykes's most recent book?
I know exactly what the deal is. The interview is only one part of the process. There're others, such as a written exam. How'd he do on that?
As the scores of the Ricci New London FD case showed: blacks with off the charts scores on the oral portion had very disappointing results on the separate written exam. You know another New England state with public sector employment bending over backwards to practice affirmative action.
My entry anticipated this line of attack: I'm sure he'll be "a tremendous asset to the town" whose personality is "off the charts." So nothing Chief Markland said to you is of benefit to me, other than transparency in the hiring process. I would like to see the scores of the written exam.
By the officer's own admission as reported in the Citizen he doesn't know the lay of the land and has to get used to snow. It also mentioned places he's lived, Maryland and 'Bama.
I have an aunts too. I got to see her once every seventeen years. But other than that I'm not privy to the inside baseball that you are, and would be more than happy to expunge any statement that can be disproved. Sorry for the inconvenience this may have caused you, Chan.
Tomorrow (Friday) I may stop in to show myself to the chief if he's available.
He didn't exactly come up here to face an unknown situation. It turns out his aunt is a sergeant on the Laconia Police Department.
Also, Officer Sankey impressed Chief John Markland after his interview (I got this directly from Chief Markland himself). I'd cut this guy a break if I were you.