Court Upholds Boston Sergeant Exam Even With Adverse Racial Impact
In selecting police officers for promotion to the position of sergeant in 2005 and 2008, the City of Boston and several other Massachusetts communities and state employers adapted a test developed by the State’s Human Resources Division (HRD), charged under state law with creating a selection tool that “fairly test the knowledge, skills and abilities which can be practically and reliably measured and which are actually required” by the…