Issues in the Law Enforcement Fitness-For-Duty Evaluation (From Personality Assessment in Police Psychology: A 21st Century Perspective, P 317-332, 2010, Peter A. Weiss, ed. - see NCJ-231933)

• NCJ Number: 231946
• Author(s): Cary D. Rostow; Robert D. Davis
• Date Published: 2010
• Length: 16 pages
• Sale Source: Charles C. Thomas
• Publication Format: Book Chapter
• Publication Type: Research (Applied/Empirical)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

This chapter examines issues regarding the use of fitness-for-duty evaluations in law enforcement.

Abstract

The fitness-for-duty evaluations (FFDEs) involve an assessment of a police officer's psychological ability to safely and effectively execute their job functions. The primary goal of this chapter is to expand the understanding by researchers and practitioners of the current FFDE as a unique element of police psychology. A distinction is made between three types of psychological evaluations: the clinical psychology evaluation is a psychometric and interview-based psychological procedure conducted with someone who has voluntarily submitted for the evaluation; with the forensic psychological evaluation, the individual may or may not have voluntarily submitted for the examination; with the FFDE, the procedure is conducted with a person who has not requested the examination. A definition of the law enforcement psychological FEDE is presented, followed by a discussion of the issues, primarily legal ones, surrounding the use of FFDEs. Table and references