http://bostonist.com/2007/04/01/is_steve_gutenberg_available_these_days.php All comments for Is Steve Gutenberg Available These Days? en-us 2009 rickbang Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:29:29 -0500 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss rick@bostonist.com rick@bostonist.com 60 http://bostonist.com/2007/04/01/is_steve_gutenberg_available_these_days.php#comment-1057813 http://bostonist.com/2007/04/01/is_steve_gutenberg_available_these_days.php#comment-1057813 Comments Sun, 01 Apr 2007 14:40:21 -0500 <p>You're missing the most important part in preventing more applicants. There is a residency requirement. This is not unusual. Most cities have residency requirement to join the police or fire departments. However, Boston requires you to have residency for a year before taking the exam. So if I was from Chicago, and wanted to be a Boston cop, I'd have to move here, find some job and then hope I passed the test. Even New York City with 8 million people doesn't require this. So how can you expect to get a qualified applicant pool from a city of 500,000 residents? Dumb policy gets the results you would expect.</p>