Women and members of certain ethnic groups challenged these restrictions in court and won their cases, as it was decided that there was no logical basis for the restrictions. size restrictions then in effect. In short (pun intended), the courts have concluded that it is not necessary for a person to be 5 feet 10 inches tall to be an effective police officer. In response to these legal challenges, police forces lowered their height requirements, opening the door for many more women, Latino men, and some other men to join the police force (Appier, 1998), (p. 421). Whether police forces at the time intended their height requirements to discriminate, or whether they honestly thought their height requirements were logical, remains controversial. Whatever the reason, their demands have been