Pre-Employment Screenings
COPPS provides pre- and post-offer suitability screening evaluation for candidates of police and public safety organizations, as well as civilian agencies. This includes administration of a select battery of psychological tests, as well as a semi-structured formal interview with a licensed clinical psychologist. Agencies are promptly provided with suitability determinations for each applicant, as well as a copy of the report. Consultation, if needed, is also included for each case.
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Fitness-for-Duty Evaluations
COPPS offers evaluations to determine current departmental/agency personnel’s psychological fitness (to perform the duties of their position). These evaluations include: phone consultation with sworn and/or civilian administration prior to the evaluation, a review of available background data, administration of a select battery of psychological tests, as well as a formal one-on-one evaluation.
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Center of Police Psychological Services
COPPS uses the latest scientifically informed methods for evaluating candidates and current law enforcement officers, allowing agencies to pick the best applicants, retain the best staff, and implement practices that help protect the agency from unnecessary scrutiny.
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Organizational/Management Consultation
COPPS offers various consulting services for public safety and law enforcement agencies in order to assist them in supporting their provision of ongoing public safety activities. This includes strategic, analytic, and expert guidance and professional assistance in the areas of performance appraisal, organizational improvement/development, mediation, as well as supervisor, management, and executive consultation.
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Operational Support
COPPS also provides assistance to departments in improving highly specialized, as well as day-to-day operations. This may include specialized input on counterintelligence/counterterrorism, threat assessments, criminal profiling, tactical support, hostage negotiation and psychological autopsies.
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