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Oakland mayor: Police won't ask applicants about sex assualt
Source: Associated Press
Oakland mayor: Police won’t ask applicants about sex assualt
an hour ago
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf has ordered an end to the city’s police department’s policy that forced job applicants to give it access to confidential records, including records that disclosed whether they had been sexually assaulted.
Schaaf’s order came after the San Francisco Chronicle revealed in a story Sunday that the department required potential hires to sign a waiver that gave background investigators access to “local criminal history information ... including if I have been a victim of sexual assault.”
“Sexual assault survivors have persevered through trauma, and their resilience is a character quality we respect, honor, and welcome in Oakland,” she said in a statement Sunday.
The disclosure request is on a release form for new Oakland police hires that has been in use since at least 2011, well before the #MeToo movement that started a year ago with accusations against film producer Harvey Weinstein.
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an hour ago
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf has ordered an end to the city’s police department’s policy that forced job applicants to give it access to confidential records, including records that disclosed whether they had been sexually assaulted.
Schaaf’s order came after the San Francisco Chronicle revealed in a story Sunday that the department required potential hires to sign a waiver that gave background investigators access to “local criminal history information ... including if I have been a victim of sexual assault.”
“Sexual assault survivors have persevered through trauma, and their resilience is a character quality we respect, honor, and welcome in Oakland,” she said in a statement Sunday.
The disclosure request is on a release form for new Oakland police hires that has been in use since at least 2011, well before the #MeToo movement that started a year ago with accusations against film producer Harvey Weinstein.
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Read more: https://apnews.com/2aff5c8f1a15468f9c52c3228f0fe0ef
