Blacks and police exams in Dayton

Dayton's Civil Service Board and the U.S. Department of Justice have agreed on a lower passing score for the police recruit exam after it was rejected because not enough blacks passed the exam. The city lowered both written exams a combined 15 points that resulted in 258 more people passing the exam. The agreement allows the city to immediately resume its plans to hire police and firefighters. The original passing scores determined by Civil Service required candidates to answer 57 of 86 (66%) questions correctly on one portion and 73 of 102 (72%) on the other. The lowered benchmark requires candidates to answer 50 of 86 (58%) questions correctly and 64 of 102 (63%) of questions on the other.