Heard on the radio this morning that the Columbia Mo. Police Dept. was discontinuing the policy that required college degree's for it's officers. According to the report, the existing policy was getting them officers that didn't "look" like the people they served. The new policy is geared towards hiring more minorities.
Is this the direction we as a populous need to go? Requiring less education for our LEO's? Hiring based on race? Isn't this the very definition of racism?
Should standards be lowered so a certain group benefits?
As a whole, should we forget merit, and just go with race-based hiring?
What say you?