How important do you feel it is to have parity in the criminal justice system?
How important do you feel it is to have parity in the criminal justice system? In other words, if women make up a large portion of the community (50+%), should a considerable number of women be hired as police officers by the Fresno Police Department or Sheriff’s Department? If Hispanics make up 43% of a city’s population, should 43% of an agency’s force be Hispanic? Should southeast Asian officers be assigned to areas with large populations of Hmong, Vietnamese, Lao, etc., communities?
