NCJ Number
58655
Date Published
1977
Length
7 pages
Annotation
METHODS FOR PREPARING A POLICE CANDIDATE FOR ALL EXAMINATIONS ARE DISCUSSED AS PART OF A SERIES OF TRAINING AIDS PREPARED BY THE URBAN LEAGUE'S LAW ENFORCEMENT MINORITY MANPOWER PROJECT (LEMMP).
Abstract
MINORITY CANDIDATES FOR POLICE JOBS OFTEN NEED MORE HELP AND ENCOURAGEMENT TO PASS SCREENING EXAMINATIONS THAN THEIR WHITE MALE COUNTERPARTS. THIS GUIDE SUGGESTS THAT LEMMP PERSONNEL ARRANGE MEETINGS FOR GROUPS OF MINORITY CANDIDATES TO PRACTICE EXAMINATION TECHNIQUES BY TAKING SAMPLE EXAMS. THIS PRACTICE SHOULD REDUCE THEIR FEARS AND MAINTAIN THEIR INTEREST. CANDIDATES CAN BE PREPARED FOR ORAL INTERVIEWS IN COUNSELING SESSIONS DESIGNED TO TEACH THEM HOW TO AVOID IMPROPER POSTURE, SULLEN ATTITUDES, INCOHERENT RESPONSES TO QUESTIONS, AND BREAKING EYE CONTACT WITH THE INTERVIEWER. THE RECRUITMENT SPECIALIST SHOULD PROVIDE THE CANDIDATE WITH SUGGESTED ANSWERS TO COMMONLY ASKED QUESTIONS. (SAMPLE QUESTIONS ARE INCLUDED HERE.) PRACTICAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR TEST PREPARATION SUCH AS GETTING AN ADEQUATE NIGHT'S REST BEFORE THE TEST, BRINGING THE NECESSARY EQUIPMENT TO THE TEST LOCATION, AND ARRIVING AT THE TEST CENTER EARLY ARE NOTED. PREPARATION FOR THE MEDICAL EXAMINATION INVOLVES INFORMING THE CANDIDATE OF WHAT TO EXPECT AND INSISTING THAT THE CANDIDATE REFRAIN FROM USING ALCOHOL OR MEDICATION PRIOR TO THE EXAMINATION. CANDIDATES SHOULD ALSO BE INFORMED OF WHAT TO EXPECT DURING THE PHYSICAL EXAMINATION.