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Here's How to Get Started The first step in getting started is deciding on an exam or exams that fit the skill set of the agency position you are testing for. We recommend police promotional textbooks that are the most-used, valid, job-related, legally defensible and most successful police promotion textbooks used today. They successfully cover all ranks, from Corporal to Chief. There are other similar law enforcement textbooks, so if you don't see material that suits your agency, contact us and we can send you a complete list and discuss current police promotional textbooks that our experts and those in other police agencies highly recommend. Visit our textbook list, then scroll down or CLICK HERE for our recommended exams from these textbooks. A fantastic guide for small police agencies and promotional testing can be found in Police Chief magazine, "A Promotional Process for the Smaller Police Agency." We agree with and endorse the procedures and objectives outlined in this article wholeheartedly, and comply with the requirements and objectives shown for written exams, oral boards and assessment center testing. Before you choose any non-police titles for testing, such as "trendy" leadership or business titles not specifically written for law enforcement use, remember that job-relatedness and content validity are extremely important topics to consider so that your agency's exams will be 100% legally defensible. We believe in using only long-proven textbooks from well established law enforcement supervision and management experts to create our custom exams for your department. We work with our own experienced staff and Subject Matter Experts (SME) from your agency to analyze and understand the rank and position requirements, then we write anywhere from 50 - 200 job-specific and content-valid Situational - Concept questions. Unlike multiple choice exams, you will not be testing study habits, memorization and test-taking skills, but will be testing for acquired knowledge and the ability to apply it in specific circumstances. The Situational - Concept exam delivers to your agency candidates who understand and can apply the important concepts most important to the position - making the exam very content-valid and job related and highly legally defensible. When the entire promotional process is complete, you will have a clear understanding of each candidate's strengths, weaknesses, decision-making ability and knowledge of the most important concepts that relate directly to being successful in the new position. CLICK HERE for more information on what we need to get started and the costs involved. To make it easier, from our law enforcement, testing and assessment experience, we have created 5 (five) Recommended Exams (see below) that many agencies will find to be a good fit for many of their promotions and positions in supervision and management. Your exam will still be customized for your agency, we do not re-use questions from any prior exams we have written. The custom printed books from the Publisher (Prentice Hall / Pearson Group) will contain only the chapters needed for study, and will save your agency or your personnel 49% - 60% or more off the book cover prices! We have inserted these custom print prices below. The advantage to these custom books over eBook and textbook rental options is that once printed for your agency they can be used for future exams as long as the material is still relevant and valid for the positions. Other options for your agency to save on the cost of textbooks is CourseSmart which rents eBooks that your candidates can use to study online. If your agency only tests once every few years, this option could be the best value. Click the link below for one example.
eBook from CourseSmart:
Supervision of Police Personnel, Seventh Edition
If none of the below Recommended Exams are suitable, you can add or delete modules, or completely customize your own exam based on the chapter modules. Click on the Module #'s and compile a list by choosing the exact modules for a best fit. Or you can choose to test from one or two complete textbooks. It's up to you. We list these recommended exams just to serve as a starting point.
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on the Module # for a complete description of the chapter contents.
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Recommended Exam #1
- Master PO, FTO, Corporal - Sergeant - Supervision I
100 Questions, normally 25 from each module, which can be adjusted to
your needs.
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Contents:
(Module
1) Supervision of Police Personnel, 7/e Iannone Chapters
1,2,3,4,5,6,7 |
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Recommended Exam #2
- Sergeant / Lieutenant - Supervision II
100 Questions, normally 20 from each module, which can be adjusted to
your needs.
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Contents:
(Module
5) Supervision of Police Personnel, 7/e Iannone Chapters
8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17 |
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Recommended Exam #3 Lieutenant / Captain - Mid-Management I
100 Questions, normally 20 from each module, which can be adjusted to
your needs.
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Contents:
(Module
5) Supervision of Police Personnel, 7/e Iannone Chapters
8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17 |
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Recommended Exam #4 - Captain / Commander / Major - Mid-Management II
100 Questions, normally 20 from each module, which can be adjusted to
your needs.
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Contents:
(Module
13) Managing Police Organizations, 7/e Whisenand Chapters
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 |
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Recommended Exam #5 Major / Deputy or Asst. Chief
or Chief of Police - Upper Management
100 Questions, normally 20 from each module, which can be adjusted to
your needs.
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Contents:
(Module
15) Police Leadership, 1/e Haberfeld, Chapters 7,8,9,10,11,12,13 |
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