Press Releases
SAN FRANCISCO โ A federal appeals court on Friday ordered a trial to determine if the California Highway Patrol discriminates against minorities when it comes to promoting officers. In doing so, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a federal j
SAN FRANCISCO โ A federal appeals court on Friday ordered a trial to determine if the California Highway Patrol discriminates against minorities when it comes to promoting officers.
In doing so, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a federal judge who, during pretrial stages of the case, found that there was discrimination and too few minorities at high-level positions.
The appeals court said data the aggrieved CHP officers submitted did not properly indicate there was discrimination, and ordered the case to proceed to a trial with new data. A CHP spokesman said the department was mulling its legal options.
The case, which has bounced through the court system and never gone to trial, was filed in 1993 by a black officer who claimed he was passed over for a promotion because of his race.
No trial date has been set.
The highway patrol is also the subject of allegations it discriminates against minority motorists on highways.