| From: | Andrew Murdoch toreador@***.bc.ca |
|---|---|
| Subject: | Question about CopCorps |
| Date: | Wed, 15 Sep 1999 12:47:17 -0700 (PDT) |
> "And now, a Channel 6 editorial reply to David Yiannakos."
> ] I asked this question a while ago, but my mail has been wonky and I'm not
> ] sure if it made it to the list, so I ask again:
>
> Yeah, but we all got worked up about other stuff. Sometimes you have
> to try twice :)
>
> ] Several people were very helpful in telling me about NYPD inc. that handles
> ] some of the police work in NYC. Does anyone know whether NYPD inc. ( or any
> ] of the major police corperations for that matter) have regulations regarding
> ] the hiring of metahumans? As a newcomer to Shadowrun I'm not sure whether
> ] this kind of exclusion still happens in terms of hiring practices. Thanks.
>
> I'd say definitely, though it depends on your view of the Shadowrun
> world. In my mind, discrimination by race is an ever-ugly reality in
> SR. Cops are mostly human, with maybe some Orks and Trolls thrown in
> for good PR and to use as bruisers. The NYPD would be no different, I'd say.
> Does affirmative action still happen? I dunno...you can bet there
> wouldn't be official regulations saying that metahumans _can't_ be
> hired, that's for sure. As to whether or not they have to hire a token
> amount of metahumans...I really dunno.
I imagine it would also depend on when your game is taking place and who's
hiring. Extraterritorial corporations (Lone Star, Knight Errant) would
probably have a more lenient hiring policy than any UCAS- based
corporation (NYPD INC.?) due to the only very recent status of metahumans
being granted full UCAS citizenship rights.
--
Raven
Sometimes known as Andrew C. Murdoch
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