No Black Rookies: Rejected Philly Police Recruits Say System Is Racist | NBC10 Philadelphia
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- In January, the Philadelphia police department's most recent training academy class included no Black cadets. Potential recruits of color told NBC10 of the many obstacles they face despite eagerness to serve their city.
Maya Anderson was denied the chance to enroll in the police academy twice for arbitrary reasons.
According to Philadelphia police statistics, nearly 70% of applicants who show up to orientation to take the reading and agility tests are Black, Hispanic, Asian or other. And 31% of applicants are white.
Yet, in the last year, 71% of recruits who make it into the police academy are white. Only 29% were people of color.
NBC10 investigative reporter Claudia Vargas asks why the decision making process for accepting recruits into the Philadelphia Police Academy is so opaque.
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System working exactly like it was designed to.
Just CRAP!!!!! The police department discriminates by way of checking credit history YET across the nation officers who have been given several write ups for repeated misconduct remain on the force. JUST CRAP!!!!!h
If you're a teenager still in high school of course you have no real work history, or numerous little part time jobs...your 16, 17 18 yrs old.. Ridiculous!!! Her discharge was a uncharacterized discharge,, not a dishonorable discharge. There is a difference!!!!
Yes there's a difference...but there's also a HUGE difference of someone who SERVED and FINISHED their contract compared to some girl who did 4 months and got pregnant IN TRAINING then got the boot...don't claim your a veteran because you decided to get knocked up before you even finish training.
An uncharacterised discharge isn't a dishonorably discharge. It is what it is uncharacterised. Just as "an other than honorable" discharge isn't a dishonorably discharge. One of my major grubs is the services will change an " other than " discharge to an honorable one after 6 - 12 months. She could have gotten a dishonorable one. US owes a recruit and anything done to your physical person is destruction of govt property. I've seen guys get tattoos during AIT training being dishonorably discharged. Depends on how the company or Battalion cmdr words the discharge request.
@@knightfrompa LOL...what was your AIT? A dishonorable may have been too much but we all know those types of soldiers who just can't get right. Then they graduate AIT and get to their units wreaking straight havoc.
@@chawklitWarrior 76C10 Equipment Records and Parts Specialist for better than 10 yrs. As a matter of fact I have 4 honorable discharges.
She’s a liar she did not receive an honorable discharge just because you apply doesn’t mean you get the job because your black she has less to offer then the other candidates bottom line
Did Derek Chauvin have to go through this much?
You lied! Bottom line! Stop with the "because I'm black" and take responsibility your actions. PERIOD!!
Did everyone lie who wasn’t white?
She didn’t.
She lied on her application, simple as that. People get shot down for much less than that
Everyone accept whites lied right?
Guess that you're not Black Irish
@@danielroberts6585 maybe she didn’t know the difference between except and accept? 🤡
@@mattde6390 lol I never could get words (comprehend) write... thanks for having my back🤡
She did kind of lie on that military discharge part
It definitely wasn’t an honorable discharge. It wasn’t dishonorable either. Don’t lie about it. How can she be a police officer if she can’t get that right.
Yeah you guys just don't get it and the sad part is how many times white recruits cheat and lie on a test or their background and they still get in a department because they know someone i used to work with some white officers and they openly said just in conversation that they lie on their application so dont point the finger at her bc whoever she was taking to may have toll her to lie a little but once again this is racist at it's best
@@rohndickerson4525 We all get it. This is nothing new
She didn’t lie. She was a trainee. How many trainees know anything about status of discharge, or anything related to the UCMJ.
@@21bEngineer They tell you all of that in basic.
One negative issue after another, hmmmm…… I can see why she wasn't accepted. Had nothing to do with the color of her skin.
Whether the discharge information was truly a lie is debatable but, you're putting her sister getting into an accident on her? Being a teenager and changing jobs? Have you ever been a teen working minimum wage? Are those jobs career builders? If so, please post the location - there's a plethora of people who need work. You probably think all those legacy hires in police work deserve to be there.
I applied 5 times for philly police. Passed the test every time I still did not get hired. The 5th time I took the test was in 04 passed that test with a 98. I got deployed to Iraq 2005. I just got back to base and called my dad he said my investigator from the police academy was trying to get a hold of me. I called her she said let me be the first to congratulate you and welcome you to the philadelphia police department. I was excited. She asked me if I could start the academy in July of 05 I explained to her I was in Iraq. She said can you come home for a couple of days I said no I'm in Iraq. She told me to call her when I got back I said we should be home in 5 to 6 more months. I got home I called her she wanted me to come see her so I did and she said because I couldn't come home and start I would have to start the whole process over again. I found out 2 years later that she had lied. I should have been put into the very next class. I'm still not a Philly officer.
Wow that’s horrible! I’m so sorry 😢
Well good police are not trusted and you should look for something other than a local pd maybe federal
I applied back in 2019, got all the way to the polygraph and passed it. My investigator didnt contact me at all letting me know where I was at in the process or what my next step was. I have a clean record and everything then as I contacted him 3 weeks later he tells me I was denied because of an answer on the polygraph and when I asked him what answer they literally flipped the answer that I gave which caused me to be denied. I am of Arabic background and Muslim but I didnt want to think I was being discriminated against in anyway but as I later found out from many people that was probably the reason. The other few white recruits that did everything the same time as me got in with no problem, especially one who had a DUI on his record!
I believe you. Go with your first instinct it’s usually right. This place is known for making you think it’s wrong to even think about being treated unfairly.
Doubt
@@mattde6390 shut up
@@jogocrazyy3565 awwww the truth hurts …🤡
@@mattde6390 What truth? “Doubt isn’t truth” dummy u just dont believe in racism til it happen to you
The most important qualities of a Police recruit are Honesty, reliability and a good work history.
That's not what see in the past few years. They prefer to hire racists. there are videos where white criminals were hired in some departments. that's the privilege that you people are always denying.
And apparently.. of white color
For a career that only requires a high school diploma and a 7th grade education level..this is not surprising. Especially with the climate of the world now.. funny they let mentally ill people wear badges and uphold the law though. .
The low education standard required is one reason your policing is so poor. In most of Western Europe, policing is a graduate level profession, and training takes years rather than months.
@@tullochgorum6323 yeah well if you haven’t noticed, the us prefers quantity over quality. there are over 200+ local/state/county law enforcement agencys
The Philly Police used to require a college degree but changed it to just a HS diploma...what race do you think they're lowering their standards for?
@@mr.killurself8419 Really? Because before a lot of black folk were complaining saying a college degree requirement is racist in a city where most black men don't have degrees...
@@chawklitWarrior whites because statically African American women has the most undergraduate degrees in the country
Poor work history. Yes, teenagers do change jobs a lot.
And a whole buch of those white cadets dont have work history at all probably didn't even finish high school but they got in bc they are in the system
That was true with me. My first job was a paper route then I work in a restaurant, then a construction laborer and two summer jobs under then Marion Barry. All this before I graduated from high school.
Nothing to do with race.
This is way too funny 😂 black folks pulling that racist card for everything nowadays
Your ANCESTORS been playing that Game for Centuries.... STFU
@@dramaxitytvcle6755 and your ancestors sold each other to the highest bidder... now all of a sudden.. you think you deserve something? You guys just trashed 60 years of civil rights work in 3 years.. that is a fact. Quit callin everyone racist without any proof... all you’re doing is creating it now. Good luck.🍀
Go over all the white coppers driving records. I bet a lot would fail.
So bad credit means you can't be a cop because that means you make bad decisions?? So alllllllll those corrupt cops had good credit (according to the gentleman )& they STILL made bad decisions ON THE JOB. So your point is what again??
is there any one in this world that thinks that cops are not racist i dont know any
The January 2020 class not one black..this has been going on for some time i know of a least 10 people who passed the test but did not get in it has nothing to do with credit history an they have clean records
the composition of the police of a city SHOULD REFLECT THE POPULATION OF THE COMMUNITY!
Who would want to be a cop nowadays? Take that job and shove it!
The rules are written to do exactly what they do!!!
Right
Most of the black recruits have felony records and are not qualified , drugs also have a big problem with these recruits
I was in the Police Academy with Dave Fisher many years ago, one of the finest police officers in Philadelphia and a true gentleman. She's on the job, good luck in these difficult times..
She either went to the army pregnant or got knocked up in the army?
She couldn’t resist the urge to be single mother. This is normal for those types in the military .
She never shipped to basic training.
@@K42023 what is those types?
@@kimberlynroberts7059 the same type who claim saying "you people" is a heinous crime. When in reality they are talking about you people front front of them.
@@21bEngineer wait a minute, if she was in for 4 months she must have finished basic training and AIT, right?...maybe she did get knocked up by another trainee...yeah, that must be what happened....that's why they gave her a uncaracterized discharge....she should have told the truth.
And the cops got the nerve to send a black cop to talk for white cops wtf
People like you man smh 🤦🏼♂️...when I see comments like this when im scrolling all I can do is literally just shake my head at the screen
That’s wisdom to notice the game. They sit back and smile knowing they’ll say their own people make the decisions on behalf of their hiring.
The young lady blames racism for her failure to be accepted by the Cops. The first time, she filled out the forms wrong, not understanding her own discharge from the military, and so she wrote that down wrong. Her mistake, not racism. The second time, she got screwed over by her relative, who she lent her car to years before, and the relative crashed it. That was her car, so was put on her record. She might have been able to correct that, but doesn't appear to have tried. Once again, her record showed the Cops a bad sign, so once again she was rejected for a reason other than racism. Blaming a failure of some kind on racism is not a good idea - it helps you lie to yourself, and avoid facing screw-up after screw-up in your life.
She only wants to be a cop because of the pay...that's the bottom line.
Most states put accidents for vehicles not the person involved on the record. My wife has a bad history when we lived in PA. 4 accidents involved in in 9 years. All those are on my record. I even have one where a semi truck rear ended me. Record doesn't list fault only that you were involved or a vehicle registered to you was. Record even states that it is listed that way( involved or registered vehicle) Dept didn't due further investigation
You have police not fit to be a human being let alone a cop!!!!!!!!! WOW!!!!!!
Women should not be cops. I, as a 66 yr old woman, want a strong man to save me from a giant thug! Women simply cannot do that. Period. common sense should prevail. I am a feminist and do not want my life put in the hands of a five foot 6 woman. Period.
She wasn't discriminated against. But the rest of the story maybe racist.
The other issue is the criminalization of young blacks so they are excluded from ever having a career in law enforcement. Law enforcement enforces America’s racism. No other institution can do it.
I don’t think a lot of people knew about philly but thanks to the internet and TH-cam the whole world is stunned by what we’re learning it’s crazy. I never knew about philly but from what I can ascertain is that y’all have a lot of racism and that’s sad.
At some point the city of Philadelphia has to start listening to Philadelphians when we say that this cities police force is a problem
Numbers don’t lie people
Now definitely she will not be recruited. Imagine all people disqualified doing a tantrum like this? This speaks more about her character and short temper than anything else. One thing Police Departments don't want is problematic people.
I went through the same thing twice. You wouldn't believe what I was told. I coincidentally now work in Law Enforcement but not as a Police Officer. It's a joke.
You lied on an application twice that's what she did she lied on an application
You're lying right now. The numbers don't lie. No recruits of color in class of 2020. Police departments across the nation will continue to suffer as a result of this behavior. Generation Z has very little interest in law enforcement. Their video games and media don't follow the propaganda that the previous generations believed in that increased recruiting. Nonetheless, this younger generation is going to be very tricky to recruit, so departments need to work these social kinks out now and get innovative. The pandemic tilted these dynamics even more, as it revealed other pandemics in society.
The only lies that I see are from people who can't accept truth.
She lied. She wasn't honorably discharged. She thinks she's a victim. Her fatherless child is the victim here. These types of people have worked very hard for a thug image and they have it now. No civil human being wants to be near them.
saying you have an honorable discharge when you dont is kind of a big deal
You are not a rookie because of several issues, not because of your race! But your racial comment seals the deal! BRAVO
2 years ago, today black officers are selling guns to philly citizens.
That’s just bogus.
I think this black girl would be a great policeman they should give her a chance to serve her community
NOPE‼that ACADEMY rejection was GODS PROTECTION. Your'e meant to do something different.
They did this and said I lied on my polygraph which I did not. Wrote a letter to commissioner, nothing in return. Sad.
they rejected my friend for literally all the same reasons and he is a white dude soooooooo
One of the requirements is you have to be current on child support. 99.8 percent out of there
If you want to get into the police or fire departments, join the Explorer’s Program and participate. Almost all who do get in.
There is an age cut off so that is not an option for many. That said, black people shouldn’t have to jump through ropes to barely get in.
There's no way in hell I would want to be an officer in Philadelphia anyway. Who cares seriously. Y'all crime rate is off the chain.
This is happening around The Divided States Of America 🇺🇸.
do they have a written test?
Yes basic skills .. vocabulary and reading
Yes, there is a written exam with math, writing and comprehension.
@@wiseborn2172 maybe they are too dumb for the job
wrong- they would welcome any black rookie who can qualify. they are desperate to have more police.
You can’t have a record and that’s why a lot are not eligible
I’m not seeing racism just behavior.. remember MLk✊🏿
If she wants to be a cop let her be a cop not alot of blacks wake up wanting to be cops lets goooo
Right lol
This story is stupid. All this chaos around her & its never her fault. This is a low character woman who would wind up costing the city one way or another is she became a cop.
Did anyone stop to question why she was named the driver of the car involved in the accident? I understand that Ms. Anderson owns the car, however unless she actually drove it or her sister produced Ms. Anderson's license to police while claiming to be her, the officer writing the report would not have listed her as the driver. Any officer would have asked for the driver's identification--the driver license number, notice it appears (although blacked out), along with the issuing state and Ms. Anderson's DOB, on the accident report. Something is wrong here and was glossed over by the reporter. Maybe NBC10 should have chosen someone else to profile for this type of story. Not passing on the legitimacy of the argument that hiring bias exists, just saying NBC10 should have done its homework and picked a better candidate to make the case.
This is how you get indicted from the internet kids teach the kids so they grow up right epic failure.
If they want to make a case for racial discrimination this girl is not going to help. She's a train wreak and poster child for exactly the type of people we don't want on the police force.
Psychological evaluation? Well some of these states need a better Psych Dr. They all have issues. Black or white
This was just bs .We hope to have more us to help make things better.Now we hear they don't want black officers.These struggles are so simple.They want us to do everything equally when we're so far below. We're still clawing to get ahead.Some of us are doing it.But we have to fight for everything.
I never understood your credit being a factor in hiring
I'm sure it has to do with getting a security clearance.
Philly cops don't get security clearances. It has to do with if you have bad credit they think your more likely to take bribes and take money from people you arrest.
Poor credit is an indication of a lack of responsibility.
Maybe study harder
It is there should be only one criteria for being a police officer and that's not being a criminal with a criminal record of high convictions!
Naa, simply be a Cwacker
Actually I think some criminals would be the best detectives tho 😂 😂 think about it us crooks already know what to their crooks is doing 😂
I'm tired of this oh I'm black shit! My son who is WHITE also had the similar issue. He scored a 98 on the civil service test . Filled out his app they said sorry you had to many jobs and you had a careless driving infraction on his abstract!! So they are crying about they need cops and they do this.. I would live to find out how many cops have or had shit on there driving abstract and because prolly mommy and daddy are in politics they get hired.
Do standards have color? Maybe lowering the standards is the answer
They literally did lower the standards...before they required a college degree...
You know the Cwacker dog police in the Academy of Criminal Morlocks only wants Cwackers
You must be a mooley.
They choose to have educated people.
@@Happyfacehotwheels How much education you need to be a boot licker?
So lower standards as usual
For who? No PPD officers need a college degree to get in just a high school diploma. So lower the standards for who?
Tina you are dumb asf. The civil servant exams are done on a 7th grade education level for law enforcement
For whom the bell tolls, time after time...
Some times it's a WARNING don't sweat it!!
So because they are not qualified it must he their skin color. Funny how a black officer is talking about the application is racist. I'm just going to take a while guess and say he had a clean record, did well in all mental and physical tests, and was a well rounded American.
It's always racisms. Where the baby's father what does he have to say about this? 🤔🤔
This guy is just posturing for the camera. He should have known.
WAKE UP PHILLY, I'M ACROSS THE BRIDGE.
LIGHTFOOT AGAIN 😤😤😤
The Commissioner of Police of Philadelphia is an African American named Daniel Outlaw.
Wasn't Commissioner Outlaw a Black woman ?
Honorable discharge after only 4 months😀😀, come on girl, you knew that was a big fat lie? I wouldn't hire you.
Police reform should have started over 50 years ago
This is crazy.
when was this made,what about our comish?Black strong women.
Dam we hate our neighborhood try to do right sign up too make a change in still denied
I never knew Philly was mostly black
They can go apply at other Police Departments.
more black in blue
They can’t pass the background check most of the time
Fuck is that supposed to mean. U think there’s not white cops with records
Just let them on don’t have any rules and see what happens.
Follow the rules. And you will be fine.
Maybe she can get a referral from someone.
She is using the race card I’m not suprised
Same at Duke Energy, 1 black lineman at each lot is all I’ve ever seen. Duke had a text to take and finally got rid of it but still does a credit check. Don’t understand why I need good credit to have a job.
Somebody with poor credit who needs money may be tempted to do bad things. Police departments don't need anymore drama.
@@Happyfacehotwheels fareal tho
You have to work hard to get zero black recruits 😊
Gil180 BX and yes They are racist 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼😳😳😳😳😳😳😳🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷
Apartheid ..... You need an American Nelson Mandela .....
Wow....HOLY SHIT...
#Black_life_matters
Oh stop!
All the applications should go before a committee and the information that should be left out of it is their gender and their race. Everyone should be judged strictly on the merits of their application
Unfortunately tho the government has a law that any profession has to include minorities. Person should be hired on qualifications alone no matter what they are what race or even on what gender they claim.
When you fail its Racist, when you succeed its Black EXCELLENCE LMFAO
I knew that was coming racist police department for not hiring blacks
Captain McCoy, somehow your not convincing me you’re genuine in your _’disappointment’._
When black people learn to be less individualistic, black people will learn to be less victimised...
You need to move
They need to go cry in a corner
Maybe she should get her life in order and stop blaming other people. Philly PD don't have to hire black people anymore so now It's going to be who is qualified. Is it a big white conspiracy or are there less black police officers because there are less blacks that want to be police officers....