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Tuesday, March 19, 2024

Guess What It Takes to Become a Cop in Nashville Now...

New York Mayor Ed Koch had a commonsense approach to hiring first responders, and it made a lifelong impression on me when I first heard it maybe 40 years ago. "I don’t care what sex a firefighter is," Mayor Koch said all those years ago, "as long as they can carry a 200 pound Mayor out of a burning building."

When it comes to dangerous jobs — first responders, soldiers, sailors, pilots, industrial workers, etc. — every other consideration must come in second to the question of whether or not this particular applicant has the physical and mental stamina to do the job.

Tell that to the folks in the Nashville Police Department where they just dropped an "ability test requirement in order to increase its female force from 13% to 30%," according to End Wokeness and a recent report on local station WSMV.
-Herschel