As a state Senate committee heard heated testimony in Trenton over allegations of racial profiling, New Jersey State Police Superintendent Carson J. Dunbar Jr. announced an expansion of the department's attempt to recruit more minorities.
Diversity is the key to the state police's future.
Recruiting for next year's state police class was supposed to end this month, but Dunbar extended the deadline to find more minority applicants. The money will buy advertising in minority-owned media as well as other newspapers, television stations, and radio stations statewide. Dunbar admitted that he has had particular difficulty finding African Americans willing to become state troopers. We want that to be corrected. We will vigorously work to enhance and encourage the recruiting process.