The Baltimore County Police Department is under fire after the federal government filed an employment discrimination lawsuit alleging racial bias in its hiring practices.
According to the lawsuit, the Baltimore County Police Department has engaged in unintended employment discrimination against African American applicants for entry-level police officer and cadet positions since January 1, 2013. The alleged discrimination occurred through hiring decisions based on the results of exams that were not job-related and disproportionately excluded African American applicants.
“Employers must be mindful that an employment selection device, like a test, must be shown to be job-related if it disproportionately excludes members of one of Title VII’s protected groups,” stated Assistant Attorney General Eric Dreiband of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division.
Title VII is a federal law that prohibits discrimination in employment on the basis of race, color, sex, national origin, and religion. The federal government is seeking a court order that would require the Baltimore County Police Department to utilize selection procedures that comply with Title VII and provide individual remedies to African American former applicants who are shown to be entitled to them.
The lawsuit targets the hiring practices of the Baltimore County Police Department, which has been accused of using exams that were not job-related and disproportionately excluded African American applicants. This is not the first time the Baltimore County Police Department has faced allegations of racial bias. In 2020, the police department was sued by a group of African American officers who alleged they were subjected to a hostile work environment and discriminatory treatment.
The Baltimore County Police Department has yet to comment on the lawsuit. However, the federal government is seeking a court order that would require the police department to change its hiring practices and provide remedies to affected applicants.
More information about Title VII and other federal employment laws is available on the Civil Rights Division’s website at www.justice.gov/crt.
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Key Facts
- State: Federal
- Category: Public Corruption
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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