Fire & Police Selection


Police Officer Testing

for Police Departments

 

FPSI's new validated police officer tests ensure that your candidates possess the critical reading, writing, verbal communication, decision-making and interpersonal skills required for the job.

 

 

 

Firefighter Testing

for Fire Departments

 

FPSI's well-validated and proven selection devices predict job performance prior to hiring the wrong candidate!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fire & Police Selection, Inc.

(888) 990-FIRE(3473)

193 Blue Ravine Road, Ste. 270

Folsom, CA 95630

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Public-Safety Personnel Testing Publications

 

JUST PUBLISHED!

 

ISBN10: 0-7414-9686-0

ISBN13: 978-0-7414-9686-7

Personnel Testing in the Public Safety Industry: A Practitioner's Guide for Developing Balanced and Defensible Assessments by Dan A. Biddle, Ph.D. and Stacy L. Bell-Pilchard, M.S.

Public Safety Personnel Testing

  • Basic points of civil rights: Title VII of the 1991 Civil Rights Act, adverse impact, and significance
  • Validation and benefits of developing a valid and effective hiring program
  • Process and benefits of creating written tests using content and criterion-related validity
  • Importance of using structured interviews and how to develop, validate, and analyze them
  • Steps for developing and validating physical ability tests (PATs), setting cutoff scores, and the importance of testing both candidates and incumbents
  • Key competencies that should be measured in firefighter and police officer recruitments
  • Useful checklists for evaluating the validity of pre-employment and promotional selection assessments
  • Overview of a recent case of public safety testing bringing to light the fine lines between testing, diversity, adverse impact, and equal protection

 

 

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