Officer's Selection and Training Process

Officer's Selection and Training Process

Introduction

A typical recruitment process includes attracting of candidates and screening. Due to recession, the number of jobs available is limited and the positions are federal and state vacancies are facing tough competition (Anne, 2010).

Discussion

Recruitment

The recruitment process for Police department has been revitalized over the years. Now for nearly all positions in police department and in nearly all states, the candidates are screened with Civil Service Exam (Comeau & Klofas, 2010). Candidates are subjected to polygraph test, tested for physical agility, psychologically assessed, background screened and many other assessment center are ...