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Show hit mtry J The SaH Lake Tribune, TWs.esday. November Los Angeles Polices i Unisex Program Draws Fire From AP) Unisex, c special hiring program begun by Los Angeles police in 1973 to give omcn the same chanres as men for field is under attack by pat4 positions, members of both sexes. Pohce Cmdr. Peter Hagan says the program haa led to a decrease in the number of policewomen because of the womens failure to pass police height, physical tcaiuiiig sud ability tents, lie says the women would be better off m less demanding areas of police wos k. On the other side, critics claim the requirements dricriminatn against n women and they have hied a dollar civil rights suit against the city. In the past three years. Unisex has LATD bergeant, if we slacken our standards, then .ee an increase." 'Sedentary In Nature and four other youll F'ynn. however, called pilice pafrni are Hagan said. I think the women of performing physically incapable some of the duties required of Lad the patrol officers. Prior to Unisex for field duty. LAPD had a very good program women They were utilized In the Patrolmen, m only about two perjuvenile detail, In the jail, and in the cent of the situations, need to use said Hagan. But when you force, detective area. to There is a place for women in police hav e to use it, what is a worn on going for Cull to do? to station ask back the car." In radio the out not is it work, but muscle Height Standard 1 think that youre going to see a The two main issues in the dispute are the police departments minimum long period of no increase in policewoheight standard for men on a proportional basis with menj. policewomen in the sex discrimination suit, calls the Unisex program a failure that permits continued sex discrimination against women. Unisex has been a very bad joke," said Flynn. For the last six consecu multi-millio- men ard women and a physical agility test that applicants must pass Police officials say the standards are necessary to ensure the safety of ofneeis and citizer" in case of violence. The critics say height and physical agility have little or no bearing on the performance of duties, serving mainly as a tool to exclude women from police tive years, tne nnmtier of women on tb; Los Angelis police force has been decreasing, while all other major police departments In the country have been increasing the number of women." oroduced 24 female police officers for lobs where before there were none They trained with male recruits, pas-s.r.- g the same height, agibty and shy sical training tests On an overall basis, however, there jvere 159 women on the force, compared o 6,986 men. the year before the irogram started Now there are 132 policewomen and 7,504 men. Attorney Timothy Fly mi, repr:;. ailing plaintiff Fanchon Blake, a retired LOS ANGELES work "sedentary in natui e," with one of its biggest drawbacks being patrol personnel getting overweight mid out of condition. said "And its kind of peculiar, Flynn, that you demand a certain level of upper body strength in the selection process of Hie job, but never test for it again. Flynn said the physical agibty test which mcludes scaling a ax-lohigh wall elmtnates about 90 percent of all female police patrol applicants, while the height standard eliminates nearly all the rest. 3, 197ft A 7 Sides Hagan says there is a height require meat because troublemakers would i other fight with a short officer than a tali oile. A short person, whether male or fem.de, is an nvtntion to trouble, We know that a 6hort Hagan said person is mure apt to get into physical altercations. If a big drunk isnt willing to be arrested peacefully, he is more apt to start trouble with a short ouu Flynn disagrees. 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