Police Officer Selection:
A Handbook For Law Enforcement Administrators
A new book on police officer selection represents a
major contribution to the literature of police science.
Police Officer Selection is written by Anthony R. Moriarty, Ph.D., and Mark Field, Deputy Chief of Police in
Wheaton. The book contains a foreword by Carl
Dobbs, Wheaton Chief of Police and former president
of the Illinois Chiefs of Police Association.
Police Officer Selection contains a comprehensive
review of statutes, case law and legal opinion that bear
on the task of candidate selection. It takes the administrator through difficult and complicated legal issues
and presents guidelines for properly handling them in
the hiring process. In so doing it provides safe, yet
effective methods for the selection of police officer
candidates.
The book also presents to the police administrator a
clear and current picture of the implications of the
Americans with Disabilities Act. It gives the reader
succinct guidelines to follow.
The 420-page book also contains chapters on:
-The Confluence Model
-Announcing the Vacancy
-Conducting the Orientation
-Written Applications
-Background Investigations
-Polygraphs
-Conducting the Oral Interview
-Medical Evaluations
-Psychological Evaluation
-Lateral Entry
-Future Selection Trends
This book, while primarily written for law enforcement administrators, police commissioners and
personnel directors, can additionally serve as a textbook for police personnel courses for the criminal justice student as well as anyone responsible for or interested in remaining current in the field of police officer
selection.
For information on how to order Police Officer
Selection, call the publisher at (800) 258-8980.
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