FOR65040 - Psychological Assessment in Law Enforcement

(3 units)

This course provides students with knowledge and skills related to assessment of police and public safety personnel in areas including: pre-employment, post-offer psychological evaluations of job candidates; psychological fitness-for-duty evaluations of incumbents; evaluations for FMLA eligibility; Police Officer Standards and Training (POST) requirements for PEPE and FFDE; direct threat and workplace violence assessments; psychological autopsies (for purposes other than case resolution); promotional assessments, assessment centers and inbasket approaches to assessment; and evaluations for high risk, high stress positions.