The psychologist who conducts psychological exams for men and women who want to become Buffalo police officers and firefighters may be on his way out, after complaints of racial bias and inappropriate questions probing applicants' sexual histories.
And the entire system for how candidates are hired for the departments will be evaluated and likely overhauled.
“We have a problem, and we don’t have a little problem. We have a major problem. There has been unfair treatment and racism,” said Common Council President Darius G. Pridgen, referring to Jay A. Supnick, a psychologist who founded Law Enforcement Psychological Associates in Rochester.
About a dozen African-American men and at least one women attended the Council’s Civil Service Committee meeting Tuesday to seek action.