I know we have some guys on the forum tied into local DFW-area law enforcement circles. I'm interested in your take on
this allegation by a local police academy instructor and retired DPD officer that he was instructed by internal affairs to change his answers on a survey in which he stated he had tested recruits until they had passed tests, and been instructed to test recruits until they passed. He answered "yes," that he both had done so and been instructed to do so. The instructor alleges that after refusing to change his answers, he was banished to the auto pound. The full grievance is included in the link.
This arises in the larger context of a complaint by the Dallas Police Association that a minority recruit was retested multiple times, in violation of DPD policy, in order to obtain a passing grade on a driving test. During that controversy (still ongoing) the chief (who is African-American) has alleged that certain portions of the state mandated exams - specifically the field sobriety test and driving test - may be racially discriminatory. Very few recruits outright fail these tests - in five years, only nine have failed the field sobriety test and five have failed the driving test, although these were nearly all members of minority groups. I find it hard to even consider that race enters into practical field tests, especially given the number of recruits tested each year...
From the perspective of an outsider to DPD's activities but who is interested in good LE governance, no matter how this controversy turns out this is a pretty awful spectacle and - to me - speaks of a failure of leadership. I have also heard of similar issues in other large metropolitan PD's where politics seem to trump...everything, I guess.