- (a) It is the policy of the Texas Department of Public Safety to hire the best qualified people to perform the many tasks necessary in providing high quality service in the field of law enforcement administration and other areas of public safety. An integral part of this policy is to provide equal employment opportunity for all persons; to recruit and administer hiring, working conditions, benefits and privileges of employment, compensation, training, appointments for advancement including upgrading and promotion, transfers, and terminations of employment within the framework provided by statutes of the State of Texas and the United States without discrimination because of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, or disability.
(b) The equal employment objective is for the department to achieve within a reasonable time proper utilization of qualifying minorities and females in the law enforcement, management, and nonmanagement levels and to prohibit discrimination in employment because of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, or handicap, and to have a work environment free of discrimination.
- (1) A major thrust of the Department of Public Safety's efforts to reach our stated objective will be through our Affirmative Action Program. This program includes goals, intermediate targets, and time frames designed to accomplish the stated objective.
- (2) The Department of Public Safety is assuring the full realization of our stated objective through a continuous procedure of monitoring and reporting.
Source Note:The provisions of this §1.36 adopted to be effective January 1, 1976; amended to be effective March 4, 1993, 18 TexReg 1091.