The Metro Nashville Police Division desires extra ladies cops.
Actually, it desires its police drive to be practically a 3rd feminine.
To achieve this objective, the division is now decreasing its bodily and eligibility necessities.
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Nashville Police: Making Adjustments to Accommodate Extra Ladies
Nashville Metro Police are making modifications to get extra ladies on the drive.
One thing some would possibly name a ‘Range, Fairness, Inclusion’ transfer, extra generally known as DEI.
WSMF 4 studies, “Ladies made up 11% of the MNPD in 2023, based on Commander Tiffany Gibson, metro’s first feminine director of coaching with the Metro Police Division Coaching Academy.”
“As of February 2024, Commander Gibson mentioned MNPD numbers confirmed ladies made up 13% of metro’s whole police drive, edging nearer to the 30% objective,” the story famous.
The story continued (emphasis added):
Lactation rooms for nursing mothers, extra versatile schedules and bodily check modifications are among the many modifications MNPD made to assist entice new recruits, particularly ladies. That’s along with their already paid maternity go away and sick time, based on Commander Gibson…
All of the modifications are to assist entice MNPD trainees like Kaitlyn Dalena.
“It’s a male dominated career,” mentioned Dalena, “So ladies are scared to take that step possibly pondering that they’re not in a position to do it, however you are able to do it if in case you have that proper mindset.”
Dalena is one in all 4 ladies in her Police Coaching Academy class set to graduate in April. Each she and new officers like Emma Lengthy say they hope the modifications result in extra ladies becoming a member of them on patrols and past.
DEI Lowers Requirements
It’s good to have extra ladies in most fields together with legislation enforcement.
However ought to the requirements be lowered? What else might “bodily check modification imply?”
It’s one factor to understand and promote variety.
It’s fairly one other to probably decrease the standard of the providers offered – particularly regarding one thing as vital as police work.
And if that is occurring in Nashville, Tennessee, think about what could possibly be occurring in blue states like California?
The left used to scream ‘defund the police.’ Now it appears they only wish to diminish them.
