Tapping expertise of psychologists has been an increasingly routine practice in many law enforcement agencies country wide. As part of hiring new police officers, performing a psychology test is becoming one essential last step towards candidate final placement or exclusion. Two major strategies emerge for performing psychology evaluations of candidates for law enforcement agencies: screening out and screening in. By "screening out" is meant excluding candidates based on undesired traits in a law enforcement officer. Conversely, "screening in" refers to a process by which candidates join a law enforcement agency based on pre-specified traits to fulfill job requirements. The Continue reading...