Lowering the bar...

 .. raising the crime rate?  

Okay,  it may not go that far, but you have to wonder are the standards for becoming a police officer in Chicago going to become THAT low?

The Chicago Police Department is seriously considering scrapping the police entrance exam to bolster minority hiring, save millions on test preparation and avert costly legal battles that have dogged the exam process for decades, City Hall sources said Tuesday.

Note, that it's not that people can't pass the test.. it's that minorities can't pass the test...  If you can't force affirmative action through the testing process (see St. Louis, Fire Department testing and that LONG battle), then just do away with the test altogether...

I'm thinking I may end up taking Chicago off the list of cities I want to go visit now...