Lessons For Ferguson In Creating A Diverse Police Department

01/05/2015 News Insights

By Batya Ungar-Sargon & Campaign Zero

Insight: James Knowles, the mayor of Ferguson, Missouri, wants to recruit more minorities to the city’s police force, where only three officers are black.1 With an initiative that includes a civilian review board and a scholarship program, Knowles hopes to increase the number of black officers and make the police force more reflective of the community (Ferguson is 60 percent black).