Equal Opportunity & Access Section

The California Highway Patrol recognizes that commitment to equal employment opportunity (EEO) principles and practices provides a workplace that strengthens employees’ dedication to its mission to provide the highest level of safety, service, and security to the state of California.

It is the policy of the California Highway Patrol to provide EEO to all persons without regard to age, ancestry, color, disability (physical or mental), gender, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, military or veteran status, national origin, political affiliation/opinion, race (including hair texture and protective hairstyles), religion, reproductive health decision-making, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, and/or related medical condition), or sexual orientation.

All examination, hiring, and promotional practices shall ensure EEO and be made based on and consistent with the Civil Service Act and Merit Principle.

 

The mission of the Equal Opportunity & Access Section (EOAS) is to: 

    • Carry out the Department’s EEO policies, which incorporate the fundamental values of diversity, equity, inclusion, and access.
    • Comply with state and federal antidiscrimination laws to ensure equal employment opportunities for all departmental applicants and employees.
    • Promote a work environment free of discrimination and harassment by ensuring program objectives, standards, and practices conform with EEO policies.
    • Ensure EEO is integrated into the Department’s policies, procedures, and practices related to the recruitment, examination, selection, training, promotion, and retention of a qualified workforce representative of the public we serve.  

 

The EOAS is responsible for the overall administration of the EEO Program and discrimination complaint process.  The EOAS is also responsible for providing, to the extent possible, timely and effective accommodations which consist of reasonable accommodation, religious accommodation, lactation accommodation, and victim of a qualifying act of violence accommodation, in accordance with applicable state and federal laws.