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- Title
Workforce diversity: downsizing in the NYPD and its effect on minority integration.
- Authors
Guajardo, Salomon Alcocer
- Abstract
Workforce downsizing (ie, the reduction or elimination of positions) may have a significant positive or negative impact on minority employment and the level of diversity that exists within a public agency. This study examines the impact that downsizing has had on the employment of minority police officers and civilians, and levels of diversity in the New York City Police Department (NYDP) from 2000 to 2012 as the agency has reduced its workforce. The findings show that minority integration has increased despite the workforce downsizing. As the NYPD reduced the number of police and civilian positions since 2000, the number of minorities the agency hired increased, while the number of White employees declined, contributing to an increase in the level of workforce diversity.
- Subjects
NEW York (N.Y.); DIVERSITY in the workplace; DOWNSIZING of organizations; NEW York (N.Y.). Police Dept.; MINORITY police; EMPLOYMENT of minorities
- Publication
International Journal of Police Science & Management, 2014, Vol 16, Issue 2, p155
- ISSN
1461-3557
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1350/ijps.2014.16.2.335