Questions from CAR:”Are you suggesting that there is a problem with actual nepotism, and that it is more prevalent in the public sector than in the private sector? Are you suggesting that you’ve seen inferior candidates being hired over more qualified candidates because they had a family member who insisted on hiring them?”
This happens in most agencies both with sworn and civilian employees. Highly placed relatives help their relatives and friends get hired. Sometimes they just bring them aboard as a high ranking official. The unions have no say in these things. Of course they have to be smart enough to pass the battery of tests (unless they are appointed to a position), but Yes, Virginia, nepotism is alive in well in the Sheriff’s Dept., SDPD, etc. Friends of public officials who are arrested get out of jail faster, too because they get red tagged. Wake up and smell the coffee!
“An article about Hays published in a Rancho Bernardo magazine said that he is married with two sons and is the son-in-law of San Diego Police Assistant Chief Mark Jones. The article said he served four years in the Marine Corps before joining the Police Department.” http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2014/Feb/09/hays-sdpd-update-investigation-lansdowne/
