Hello HAPCOA Members,
We like to remind you all that our mission is to empower Hispanics by enabling the selection and promotion of qualified law enforcement personnel. The current commander examination has moved away from placing candidates into a 6 band group to a 19 list ranking instead, which would limit the amount of qualified Hispanic candidates from promoting. With the anticipated retirement of multiple Hispanic Command Officers, it is imperative the Department be conscious of the need to maintain racial equity by considering promotion of minorities to those vacant positions. To learn more about this issue, please read the letter we wrote to the Chief of Police.
Thank you