In the name of getting more minorities to serve on the city’s police force, Chicago PD is seriously considering scrapping its entrance exam, NBC Chicago reports.

Dropping the exam would bolster minority hiring and avert legal battles, according to one source, while others confirm that the exam could be scrapped to open the process to as many people as possible.

However, the lack of an exam would make Chicago the lone major city without one, and experts contend that the exam is integral to eliminating unqualified applicants.

In other words, the city is willing to put the safety and security of its citizens in danger in order to make the police force more politically correct. It’s reminiscent of the federal government refusing to profile terror suspects because at some point we may offend an Arab or Muslim individual. So we’ll put the safety of our citizens at risk instead.

And as of last year, one in four patrol officers was African-American, but just one in 12 Lieutenants was of color.

Wait. 25% of patrol officers are black? Certainly it would be nice to have more minorities serving on the city’s force, but black officers alone making up 25% of the police department isn’t diverse enough to avoid scrapping an entrance exam? There’s something wrong there.

How bad of an idea is this? The president of the Fraternal Order of Police has called it “ridiculous” while Mayor Daley is denying any knowledge of the plan. Mayor Daley seemingly distancing himself? Dude.