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Article: City objects to police test consultant Justice Department insists on using expert accused of `dumbing down' exams to raise minority hiring
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- December 6, 1996
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A consultant accused of "dumbing down" examinations for police
recruits in attempts to increase minority hiring is the U.S. Justice
Department's choice for revamping similar tests in Milwaukee.
But the City of Milwaukee and federal officials are engaged in a
tug of war over the hiring of David Jones of Aon Consulting in
Detroit.
The city attorney's office said in a written statement issued
Thursday that the city has "serious concerns" about Jones.
The city wants to hire another consultant to develop interim
police hiring tests. However, Justice Department officials are
charging that Milwaukee officials breached an earlier agreement to
hire Jones on an interim basis. They now are ...