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Dispute Over Police Hiring Procedures: First Lawsuits Announced
Native German applicants demand the same opportunities as immmigrants
By Michael Behrendt
The dispute over police hiring procedures could now become a court case. Two applicants that have been turned down are planning to sue for a job with the Berlin Police Department. It is reported that the Police Union accused the state government of unconstitutional actions because applicants with an immigrant background don't have to meet the same standards as ethnic Germans. Immigrants are supposed to fill 10 percent of the approximately 300 available slots.
According to the Police Union the reason for those accusations is the fact that German applicants are required to average a 3,0 grade in their high-school diploma. This does not apply for immigrants if they have completed a 10-week training program offered by the local employment center, says Berlin Police Union chairman Klaus Eisenreich.
But precisely the question how previous trainings and studies of German applicants should be considered during the selection process might now be settled in court. 24 year-old Maren H. was turned down. "I graduated from high-school in 1998 and averaged a 3.1, and I know that I didn't meet the standards then," tells the young woman. "But in the meantime I successfully completed training as a public administration worker with an average grade of 2.0, and that should be taken into consideration, especially if applicants with an immigration background don't have to meet these standards." Maren H. is currently self-employed as an event manager.
Gregor K. doesn't understand it either. The 28 year-old also averaged a 3.1 in high-school and like Maren H. failed to meet the academic criteria. But he, too, obtained additional qualifications. "I went to college, majored in Social Science and received a degree. But the police only considered my high-school diploma." Gregor K. can't understand why his college degree doesn't count even though immigrants can be exempt from the academic criteria by taking a much simpler type of training. "I already hired an attorney. I can understand that the police want to hire immigrants to patrol certain neighbourhoods because police work in those areas might benefit from that. But I want the same chance to take the tests as them."
Police Union chairman Klaus Eisenreich criticizes the city spokesman's statement that exempting immigrants who took the training course from academic requirements was not unconstitutional because further qualifications had also to be taken into consideration just as high-school grades. "That would be fine if it applied to all applicants, ethnic Germans and minorities," Eisenreich says.
Frank Henkel, chairman of the oppositional Christian Democratic Party announces resistance. "We promote the integration of immigrants. But we mustn't deviate from the principle of selecting the trainees according to their individual aptitude and skills."
From the Berlin Morgenpost on February 14th, 2006
Translation by yours truly, hope it doesn't turn out too bad
Dispute Over Police Hiring Procedures: First Lawsuits Announced
Native German applicants demand the same opportunities as immmigrants
By Michael Behrendt
The dispute over police hiring procedures could now become a court case. Two applicants that have been turned down are planning to sue for a job with the Berlin Police Department. It is reported that the Police Union accused the state government of unconstitutional actions because applicants with an immigrant background don't have to meet the same standards as ethnic Germans. Immigrants are supposed to fill 10 percent of the approximately 300 available slots.
According to the Police Union the reason for those accusations is the fact that German applicants are required to average a 3,0 grade in their high-school diploma. This does not apply for immigrants if they have completed a 10-week training program offered by the local employment center, says Berlin Police Union chairman Klaus Eisenreich.
But precisely the question how previous trainings and studies of German applicants should be considered during the selection process might now be settled in court. 24 year-old Maren H. was turned down. "I graduated from high-school in 1998 and averaged a 3.1, and I know that I didn't meet the standards then," tells the young woman. "But in the meantime I successfully completed training as a public administration worker with an average grade of 2.0, and that should be taken into consideration, especially if applicants with an immigration background don't have to meet these standards." Maren H. is currently self-employed as an event manager.
Gregor K. doesn't understand it either. The 28 year-old also averaged a 3.1 in high-school and like Maren H. failed to meet the academic criteria. But he, too, obtained additional qualifications. "I went to college, majored in Social Science and received a degree. But the police only considered my high-school diploma." Gregor K. can't understand why his college degree doesn't count even though immigrants can be exempt from the academic criteria by taking a much simpler type of training. "I already hired an attorney. I can understand that the police want to hire immigrants to patrol certain neighbourhoods because police work in those areas might benefit from that. But I want the same chance to take the tests as them."
Police Union chairman Klaus Eisenreich criticizes the city spokesman's statement that exempting immigrants who took the training course from academic requirements was not unconstitutional because further qualifications had also to be taken into consideration just as high-school grades. "That would be fine if it applied to all applicants, ethnic Germans and minorities," Eisenreich says.
Frank Henkel, chairman of the oppositional Christian Democratic Party announces resistance. "We promote the integration of immigrants. But we mustn't deviate from the principle of selecting the trainees according to their individual aptitude and skills."
From the Berlin Morgenpost on February 14th, 2006
What non-Germans in Bundespolize? Unbelievable as far as I remember auslender couldn't own property only lease for 99 year period, must be that I am mistaken or it's changed since EU, by the way Immigrant's looking for Police Job in country with five millions of unemployed Germans and where majority of employed people works 80% of full time hours .
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