Public Safety
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Safety
Nothing is more important than hiring, retaining,
and promoting the best people. Since 1991, we have helped over 80
departments at the local, state, and national levels by examining
thousands of public safety applicants and employees including police
officers, sheriff’s deputies, special agents, dispatchers,
paramedics, corrections officers, firefighters, and community service
officers.
Our methods are thorough, comprehensive, fair, and conform to all
International
Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) guidelines, state statues,
and federal civil rights laws. We provide timely results and ongoing
consultation and support. Our recommendations are clear, and our
conclusions defensible.
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Pre-employment Screening
It can be hard to find the
right applicant. He or she should be smart, have a good work ethic,
know how to deal effectively with the public, have good judgment,
be emotionally stable, and have tons of integrity. Our pre-employment
battery includes nine tests measuring these qualities and more.
Our interview process focuses on “red flags” obtained
from testing and background investigation information that you provide.
We will recommend whether or not to hire, and let you know what
supervisory or training needs the applicant may benefit from. Our
process is objective, fair, and highly defensible.
Our preemployment
screening examination uses an in-depth interview along
with a six-hour battery of well-standardized tests of personality,
cognitive ability, and personal background history to arrive at
the fairest and most accurate predictions of success or potential
problems in the law-enforcement field. Please take a few minutes
to read Dr. Fischler's article, Psychological
Examination of Law Enforcement Applicants, which was originally
published in Minnesota Police Chief magazine, online.
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Promotional Exams
Leadership and supervisory
skills don’t automatically come with experience. Even the
very best line staff with years of experience do not necessary make
effective supervisors. We have assessed supervisory personnel at
all levels from sergeant to chief. Your new supervisor needs to
have excellent organizational skills, know how to persuade and motivate
employees, have excellent customer service skills, be highly motivated,
and have an organizational vision for the future. We can help you
select the best person for the job. In addition to psychological
tests administered to top candidates, promotional candidates are
examined in areas of leadership and supervisory skill and potential.
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Fitness-For-Duty Evaluations
One of the most difficult
situations an administrator has to deal with is an employee who
is troubled or problematic, and may be unable to work in a safe
and effective manner. Through a comprehensive examination process,
we can tell you if your employee is fit to work, and, if not, what
to do to help that person and your organization. We will recommend
interventions such as mental health or chemical dependency treatment,
if appropriate, as well as advise you regarding possible work restrictions
and accommodations to help your employee get back to work, if and
when that’s possible.
Troubled employees make it difficult to run
an efficient and productive department. Sometimes work performance
problems arise in good employees because of personal problems such
as alcohol abuse, family problems, or stress-related symptoms. Sometimes
an employee has never been well-suited to the job and should never
have been hired in the first place. Whatever the cause, a thorough
assessment of an employee who is demonstrating problems on the job
can help the employee get the right kind of help as soon as possible.
A fitness-for-duty
evaluation protects the employee, the department, and the
public from potentially dangerous or inappropriate behavior. Please
review Dr. Fischler's article, Psychological
Fitness-for-Duty Examinations: Practical Considerations for Public
Safety Departments. originally published in the Illinois
Law Enforcement Executive Forum, for a more in-depth understanding
of how fitness-for-duty evaluations can help your employees and
department.
Contact
us for a free consultation to see how we can help you hire, promote, and retain the best people.
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