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Police Management Discriminating
Against Older Male Police
© Peter Zohrab |
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(Open Letter to the Police Association National President -- slightly edited)
Dear Mr. O'Connor,
When I heard you speak about older, unfit police officers being forced
out of the Force, it immediately occurred to me that this would probably alter
the male-female balance in the Force, since a greater proportion of older
police is probably male than is the case with younger police officers. In
fact, I assume that this might well be one of the reasons for the change in
policy.
I am a Men's Rights activist and have taken a lot of interest in police
recruiting policy over the years. See: ispolice.html
. I am not against women being in the police, as long as they have to
meet the same standards as men to get in and to stay in.
The Human Rights point is that female entrants have lower physical standards
to meet than males for entry into the police, which is discriminatory, and
forcing men out of the Force for not meeting the higher standards -- while
women only have to meet the lower standards -- oppresses men even more.
The Public also have a right to have physically competent police to look
after them, rather than police who are chosen and retained to fulfill some
sexist, discriminatory political agenda.
I have a Law degree (although I have not practised) and I understand that
the Human Rights Commission did a wangle so that the oppression of men who
want to become police officers appeared to comply with the letter of the Human
Rights law -- although not with the spirit. However, Human Rights law is usually
interpreted in a purposive, rather than in a literal way, as far as I am aware.
If you have never had a test case on the double standards in male and female
recruitment and retention, then I suggest that you urgently find some man
or men who has/have been refused entry and/or who is/are being kicked out
and make that into a test case. I recommend the lawyer Tony Ellis http://www.tonyellis.co.nz/contact.html
Regards,
Peter Zohrab
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