Committee on Public Safety
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, the City of Chicago, through its corporate authorities, is committed to its duty of ensuring that hiring, training and promotional testing throughout its Departments, are fair and racially unbiased; and
WHEREAS, further, the City of Chicago has a continuing duty to maintain a diverse fire department that reflects the diverse demographics ofthe City; and
WHEREAS, it is reported by the Chicago Tribune that of the Chicago Fire Department's 4,800 uniformed members, there are currently 721 Black employees, which represents 15% of the uniformed members and 864 Hispanic employees, which represents 18% of the uniformed members; and
WHEREAS, through the collective bargaining agreement, it is the stated goal ofthe Chicago Fire Department, in an effort to maintain racial diversity within its department, that hiring and recruitment programs of the City of Chicago should aim to assure that at least 45% of all recruits added to the force shall consist of Blacks and Hispanics; and
WHEREAS, the collective bargaining agreement further requires that the transfer and promotional policies of the Chicago Fire Department shall have, as a goal, the inclusion of Black and Hispanic personnel in all categories and all ranks in order to reach as quickly as is reasonably possible, a level as close to 45% as is reasonably achievable; and
WHEREAS, the City of Chicago reports the following data with regard its active employee demographics within the Chicago Fire Department ranks:
RANK TOTALS WHITES BLACKS HISPANICS
Battalion Chiefs 111 94 12|99|
Captains 159 128 12 17
Lieutenants 555 401 77 66
Engineers 447 297 86 59
Firefighters 2609 1574 415 553
Fire Operations/EMS 4593 2968 678 831
WHEREAS, the Chicago Fire Department's last promotional class of March 1, 2022, from the rank of Lieutenant to Fire Captain consisted of 15 Whites, 5 Hispanics and 0 Blacks: and
WHEREAS, of the 30 Chicago Fire Department members promoted to the rank of...
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