Lubbock Police Department, Employment Discrimination, Texas 2024

Discrimination in Hiring of Police Officers Revealed in Lubbock, Texas

The Justice Department yesterday filed a lawsuit against the city of Lubbock, Texas, alleging that the city’s police department engaged in a pattern or practice of employment discrimination against Hispanics and women in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

The lawsuit seeks a court order requiring the Lubbock Police Department (LPD) to stop using the written and physical fitness examinations that allegedly discriminated against Hispanic and female applicants. The examinations were said to have excluded them from consideration for hire as entry-level police officers without a showing that these tests screened candidates for skills required for the job.

“We share with Lubbock the goal of hiring qualified applicants to perform critical public safety functions,” said Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Vanita Gupta, head of the Civil Rights Division. “Federal law prohibits employers from using discriminatory employment practices that do not meaningfully evaluate one’s ability to perform a given job. The Justice Department will ensure that the city eliminates the use of these unlawful tests and we hope to work cooperatively with the city to create new selection procedures that do not unlawfully discriminate.”

The enforcement of federal employment discrimination laws is a top priority for the Justice Department. Additional information about Title VII and other federal employment laws is available on the Civil Rights Division’s website at http://www.justice.gov/crt/.

The lawsuit seeks a court order requiring LPD to stop using the challenged examinations and develop selection procedures for entry-level police officer positions at LPD that comply with Title VII. It also seeks make-whole relief, including offers of hire, back pay, and retroactive seniority, to qualified Hispanics and women who have been or will be harmed as a result of LPD’s use of the challenged examinations.

Lubbock Police Department, Employment Discrimination, Texas 2024

Defendant: Lubbock Police Department

Crime: Employment Discrimination

City and State: Lubbock, Texas

Exact Date: Yesterday

Sentence or Outcome: Ongoing lawsuit

Dollar Amounts: Not applicable

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