January 6, 2010 Chicago SunTimes BY FRAN SPIELMAN AND FRANK MAIN Staff Reporters http://www.suntimes.com/news/cityhall/1975918,CST-NWS-policeexam06web.article# ...

Supreme Court Ricci Decision: The Cliff Notes Version CareerXroads.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Our eyelids droop when we hear lawyers or PhDs explaining anything. And when they explain something legal, our head hurts. And when they explain the legality of testing, our head droops, hits the desk and then hurts even more. (There are exceptions and among them I happen to love Charl...

Pa. court to officer: No sense of smell, no job By MARK SCOLFORO HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Police officers who lose their sense of smell also risk losing their jobs, a Pennsylvania appeals court ruled Thursday. A suburban Pittsburgh township had the right to terminate Officer David J. Agostino after he lost his sense of smell in an off-duty motorcycle accident, because officers must be able to dete...

Questions and Answers: The Americans with Disabilities Act and Hiring Police Officers The Americans with Disabilities Act, or ADA, is a civil rights law guaranteeing equal opportunity to jobs for qualified individuals with disabilities. The following questions and answers respond to the concerns most commonly raised by police departments. Further information about the ADA’s employment requir...