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NY Post-Women cops ‘insulted,’ ‘offended’ by NYPD lowering academy standards
By
Dean Balsamini and
Georgia Worrell
March 18, 2023 11:13am
Updated
Former NYPD training Chief Juanita Holmes said "No cop on patrol runs a mile and a half."Stefan Jeremiah
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The controversial shift — which former training Chief Juanita Holmes said would help more women applicants make the grade — sparked fireworks between Holmes and Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell, who sources said wanted to keep the run.
Holmes was abruptly shifted to lead the city Probation Department on March 9.
The run “will no longer be part of the final evaluation of officers” an NYPD spokesperson confirmed on Friday.
“I’m offended,” huffed one female cop on patrol Friday. “We were in the academy when it was on the fence whether or not [the run] was going to be canceled and we had to pass it to get through the academy. … If those females don’t want to put in that effort to pass the mile and a half run, I don’t think they should be cops.”
Female cops are “offended” by the lowering of standards during rookie tryouts.YouTube NYPD
Added another female cop on patrol in Manhattan: “If I did [the run], everyone should do it.”
Cathy Johansen, who heads the New York Women in Law Enforcement, said the move “is an insult” and “will result in lackluster candidates” and “sub-standard officers.”
She said her organization “strongly supports” the 30×30 initiative which aims to increase the representation of women in law enforcement to 30% by 2030 “but lowering standards is not the answer.”
NYPD Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell was against lowering the training standards, police sources said.AP Photo/Brittainy Newman
The department last year replaced a faux 6-foot wall inside the Police Academy gym with a chain-link fence that’s easier to climb, according to official recruiting videos posted online.
The “Barrier Surmount” is one of six tasks that comprise a physical exam known as the “Job Standard Test” that would-be cops have to pass before beginning six months of training at the academy in Flushing, Queens.
And to boost the passing rate for the 1.5-mile run, the 3-minute, 28-second time limit that was in place in 2019 was extended by nearly a full minute — to 4:28 — in 2021, according to the NYPD recruiting videos.
The 3-minute, 28-second time limit that was in place in 2019 was extended by nearly a full minute in 2021, according to the NYPD recruiting videos posted on YouTube.Getty Images
Holmes was tapped to lead the city probation department earlier this month.Chip Somodevilla
“I’m more mad that they’re eliminating the run requirements and blaming it on the need to recruit more women,” said Professor Jillian Snider from John Jay College of Criminal Justice, a 13-year veteran of the NYPD who retired in 2019.
Without the timed run, the only physical fitness criterion for NYPD hopefuls is the Job Standard Test, the multi-step obstacle course that now needs to be completed in 4 minutes and 28 seconds.
The internal squabble boiled over just months after The Post reported in July that the NYPD dramatically relaxed the police fitness test amid a record wave of retirements.
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‘Scrutinized’ female cops fleeing NYPD over anti-police climate, sexism
By
Dean Balsamini and
Georgia Worrell
March 18, 2023 11:04am
Updated
Female police officers battle pressure and perceptions within the department about measuring up to the men.Bloomberg via Getty Images
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Attrition figures show 33% more women NYPD officers retired or resigned in 2022 (521) compared to 2021 (392), and the number of exits was 72% higher than in 2020 (303).
This year’s numbers were not available.
The NYPD’s 6,807 women account for 20% of the 33,971-member force.
They say they are not only dealing with the anti-cop rhetoric and poor pay like their male colleagues, but also battle pressure and perceptions within the department about measuring up to the men.
“Definitely, morale is low,” said one female officer patrolling outside Rockefeller Center on Friday.
NYPD brass focuses on “what you’re doing right and what you’re doing wrong instead of making sure we’re OK,” she said. “Instead of making sure we’re taken care of, the higher ups just care about how they’re perceived.”
“Women, for the most, are still shunted to the background,” claims Cathy Johansen, an upstate cop for over two decades.Michael Falco
She added: “We [women] are scrutinized more than men. Because there’s less of us — a lower percentage — male cops look at us like we can’t do the job. It’s a male-dominated department. . . . That’s the reality of it. That’s what we gotta go through.”
Female cops believe they have to go the extra mile to prove they belong, according to one high-ranking female officer.
“There’s always the sense we have to do more and work harder,” she said, but added she’s hopeful things are changing.
Women make up 20% of the NYPD force.
“There’s been a conscious effort to have more women in leadership positions,” she said. “I like how [Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell] conducts herself. It’s a huge deal when the department is led by somebody who is like you.”
However, Professor Jillian Snider of John Jay College of Criminal Justice, a 13-year veteran of the NYPD who retired in 2019, told The Post that Mayor Adams and Deputy Mayor for Public Safety Phil Banks are hurting morale by “failing to give [Sewell] a reputable seat at the table,” thus undermining her authority.
“They haven’t given her enough of a platform to execute her own decision-making capabilities,” Snider said. Sewell’s appointment “was a groundbreaking moment for women in the NYPD and it’s discouraging that she’s not able to fulfill the role for which she was appointed.”
Attrition figures show a 72% spike in women NYPD police officers who retired, vested or resigned from 2020 (303) compared to 2022 (521), police union data show.Bloomberg via Getty Images
One example was earlier this month when the NYPD scrapped the timed 1.5 mile run for academy recruits — against Sewell’s wishes.
“I think what former [NYPD training] Chief Juanita Holmes did to Sewell was disrespectful. She circumvented the office of the police commissioner and went right to the mayor. We make up a small percentage of officers and we’re supposed to stick together,” Snider said.
“Women, for the most, are still shunted to the background, playing minor roles in the department, relegated to more mundane responsibilities,” claimed Cathy Johansen, an upstate cop for over two decades and president of New York Women in Law Enforcement, whose members include the NYPD.
Earlier this month the NYPD announced it had scrapped the time 1.5-mile run for academy recruits.YouTube NYPD
“And there is still the background noise if they are promoted — is it because they are the most qualified, or are they fulfilling some unspoken need to show the world the department is gender neutral? It’s a shadow that is always trailing you.”
Female attrition in the NYPD is probably not as bad as it could be, she theorized.
“Some of these women can’t just up and leave,” she said. “Not everybody can just flee to Florida. You have family obligations, you have responsibilities.
“So the double whammy of being a woman in a male-oriented profession and all the stressors that go with that … now you have the public either ignoring you or outright taunting you and then you don’t get the backing of your administration. You are getting hit by all sides. These women are going through a lot.”
NY Post-Women cops ‘insulted,’ ‘offended’ by NYPD lowering academy standards
By
Dean Balsamini and
Georgia Worrell
March 18, 2023 11:13am
Updated
Former NYPD training Chief Juanita Holmes said "No cop on patrol runs a mile and a half."Stefan JeremiahMORE ON:NYPD
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The controversial shift — which former training Chief Juanita Holmes said would help more women applicants make the grade — sparked fireworks between Holmes and Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell, who sources said wanted to keep the run.
Holmes was abruptly shifted to lead the city Probation Department on March 9.
The run “will no longer be part of the final evaluation of officers” an NYPD spokesperson confirmed on Friday.
“I’m offended,” huffed one female cop on patrol Friday. “We were in the academy when it was on the fence whether or not [the run] was going to be canceled and we had to pass it to get through the academy. … If those females don’t want to put in that effort to pass the mile and a half run, I don’t think they should be cops.”
Female cops are “offended” by the lowering of standards during rookie tryouts.YouTube NYPDAdded another female cop on patrol in Manhattan: “If I did [the run], everyone should do it.”
Cathy Johansen, who heads the New York Women in Law Enforcement, said the move “is an insult” and “will result in lackluster candidates” and “sub-standard officers.”
She said her organization “strongly supports” the 30×30 initiative which aims to increase the representation of women in law enforcement to 30% by 2030 “but lowering standards is not the answer.”
NYPD Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell was against lowering the training standards, police sources said.AP Photo/Brittainy NewmanThe department last year replaced a faux 6-foot wall inside the Police Academy gym with a chain-link fence that’s easier to climb, according to official recruiting videos posted online.
The “Barrier Surmount” is one of six tasks that comprise a physical exam known as the “Job Standard Test” that would-be cops have to pass before beginning six months of training at the academy in Flushing, Queens.
And to boost the passing rate for the 1.5-mile run, the 3-minute, 28-second time limit that was in place in 2019 was extended by nearly a full minute — to 4:28 — in 2021, according to the NYPD recruiting videos.
The 3-minute, 28-second time limit that was in place in 2019 was extended by nearly a full minute in 2021, according to the NYPD recruiting videos posted on YouTube.Getty ImagesHolmes was tapped to lead the city probation department earlier this month.Chip Somodevilla“I’m more mad that they’re eliminating the run requirements and blaming it on the need to recruit more women,” said Professor Jillian Snider from John Jay College of Criminal Justice, a 13-year veteran of the NYPD who retired in 2019.
Without the timed run, the only physical fitness criterion for NYPD hopefuls is the Job Standard Test, the multi-step obstacle course that now needs to be completed in 4 minutes and 28 seconds.
The internal squabble boiled over just months after The Post reported in July that the NYPD dramatically relaxed the police fitness test amid a record wave of retirements.
METRO
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‘Scrutinized’ female cops fleeing NYPD over anti-police climate, sexism
By
Dean Balsamini and
Georgia Worrell
March 18, 2023 11:04am
Updated
Female police officers battle pressure and perceptions within the department about measuring up to the men.Bloomberg via Getty ImagesMORE ON:NYPD
- Women cops ‘insulted,’ ‘offended’ by NYPD lowering academy standards
- ‘I see dead people’: Mugging victim says NYPD took him for psych eval after claiming he said famed movie phrase
- Dems’ pay-to-park scheme: Letters to the Editor — March 18, 2023
- ‘It’s sad it happens so often’: 16-year-old shot in butt outside Bronx playground
Attrition figures show 33% more women NYPD officers retired or resigned in 2022 (521) compared to 2021 (392), and the number of exits was 72% higher than in 2020 (303).
This year’s numbers were not available.
The NYPD’s 6,807 women account for 20% of the 33,971-member force.
They say they are not only dealing with the anti-cop rhetoric and poor pay like their male colleagues, but also battle pressure and perceptions within the department about measuring up to the men.
“Definitely, morale is low,” said one female officer patrolling outside Rockefeller Center on Friday.
NYPD brass focuses on “what you’re doing right and what you’re doing wrong instead of making sure we’re OK,” she said. “Instead of making sure we’re taken care of, the higher ups just care about how they’re perceived.”
“Women, for the most, are still shunted to the background,” claims Cathy Johansen, an upstate cop for over two decades.Michael FalcoShe added: “We [women] are scrutinized more than men. Because there’s less of us — a lower percentage — male cops look at us like we can’t do the job. It’s a male-dominated department. . . . That’s the reality of it. That’s what we gotta go through.”
Female cops believe they have to go the extra mile to prove they belong, according to one high-ranking female officer.
“There’s always the sense we have to do more and work harder,” she said, but added she’s hopeful things are changing.
Women make up 20% of the NYPD force.“There’s been a conscious effort to have more women in leadership positions,” she said. “I like how [Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell] conducts herself. It’s a huge deal when the department is led by somebody who is like you.”
However, Professor Jillian Snider of John Jay College of Criminal Justice, a 13-year veteran of the NYPD who retired in 2019, told The Post that Mayor Adams and Deputy Mayor for Public Safety Phil Banks are hurting morale by “failing to give [Sewell] a reputable seat at the table,” thus undermining her authority.
“They haven’t given her enough of a platform to execute her own decision-making capabilities,” Snider said. Sewell’s appointment “was a groundbreaking moment for women in the NYPD and it’s discouraging that she’s not able to fulfill the role for which she was appointed.”
Attrition figures show a 72% spike in women NYPD police officers who retired, vested or resigned from 2020 (303) compared to 2022 (521), police union data show.Bloomberg via Getty ImagesOne example was earlier this month when the NYPD scrapped the timed 1.5 mile run for academy recruits — against Sewell’s wishes.
“I think what former [NYPD training] Chief Juanita Holmes did to Sewell was disrespectful. She circumvented the office of the police commissioner and went right to the mayor. We make up a small percentage of officers and we’re supposed to stick together,” Snider said.
“Women, for the most, are still shunted to the background, playing minor roles in the department, relegated to more mundane responsibilities,” claimed Cathy Johansen, an upstate cop for over two decades and president of New York Women in Law Enforcement, whose members include the NYPD.
Earlier this month the NYPD announced it had scrapped the time 1.5-mile run for academy recruits.YouTube NYPD“And there is still the background noise if they are promoted — is it because they are the most qualified, or are they fulfilling some unspoken need to show the world the department is gender neutral? It’s a shadow that is always trailing you.”
Female attrition in the NYPD is probably not as bad as it could be, she theorized.
“Some of these women can’t just up and leave,” she said. “Not everybody can just flee to Florida. You have family obligations, you have responsibilities.
“So the double whammy of being a woman in a male-oriented profession and all the stressors that go with that … now you have the public either ignoring you or outright taunting you and then you don’t get the backing of your administration. You are getting hit by all sides. These women are going through a lot.”
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