"Our department has been using both the FrontLine and ECOMM tests for years. Not only are these tests effective at trimming applicant pools down to a manageable size, they consistently identify the candidates with the most potential. Applicants who do well on these tests generally do well in the other testing elements and more often than not, end up with a job offer."
Benjamin Hurr - Personnel Sergeant
Loveland Police Department
FrontLine Video Testing System for Law Enforcement
FrontLine is a video-based, multiple-choice test that portrays situations commonly faced in law enforcement. Candidates are required to analyze situations and make quick judgments about how to respond.
FrontLine saves the expense of further testing those who are not personally suited to law enforcement and lets departments know in advance which candidates will likely have difficulty handling public contact, working with supervisors and working with other officers.
Benefits include:
Human Relations Video Test:
FrontLine is a video-based, multiple-choice test that portrays situations commonly faced in law enforcement. Candidates are required to analyze situations and make quick judgments about how to respond.
FrontLine saves the expense of further testing those who are not personally suited to law enforcement and lets departments know in advance which candidates will likely have difficulty handling public contact, working with supervisors and working with other officers.
Benefits include:
- Measuring Key Law Enforcement Dimensions
- Identifying Top Candidates in the First Phase of Testing
- Lower Adverse Impact
- Easy Administration
- Quick Scoring Turnaround
- Dimensional Score Reports
- Gaining Cooperation
- Reduced Cost and Hiring Time
Human Relations Video Test:
- Judgment
- Human Interaction
- Responding Calmly to Provocation
- Unbiased Enforcement
- Ethics and Social Maturity
- Handling Authority
- Gaining Cooperation
- Observation and Analysis
- Officer Standard Reading Level
- Observation Skills
- Accurate Report Writing
- Basic Writing Competency
Dimensional Scores
FrontLine includes numerical ranking by total score and dimensional scores showing candidates' strengths and weaknesses in the following areas:
- Human Sensitivity
- Authoritarian Approach
- Negative Approach
- Weak Responses
- Teamwork Interaction
- Reading
FrontLine was developed to minimize impact on protected groups by focusing on the full range of critical skills, including teamwork and human interaction skills, rather than only on narrowly defined and academically-related abilities. Validation confirms FrontLine has less adverse impact than traditional written cognitive ability tests, while maintaining a high level of validity and candidate acceptance.
Ergometrics' Tests are Fair, with lower adverse impact.
Content and criterion validation show a high correlation between scoring well on Ergometrics' tests and on the job success.
FrontLine Promote Supervisory Exams
The future of every department is significantly impacted by the quality of its management and its ability to lead and manage law enforcement personnel. FrontLine Promote Supervisory Exams are validated tests specifically designed to measure the ability to manage people.
FrontLine Promote Supervisory Exams consist of a video-based employee observation component and a series of written situational judgment questions that directly measure skills necessary to become an effective supervisor and manager. FrontLine Promote Supervisory Exams are available for the following ranks:
FrontLine Promote includes numerical ranking by total score and dimensional scores showing candidate strengths and weaknesses in the following areas:
Ergometrics can create custom test items from assigned sources, including internal documents such as department SOPs. Custom tests can be created for all promotional levels from Corporal to Police Chief.
The future of every department is significantly impacted by the quality of its management and its ability to lead and manage law enforcement personnel. FrontLine Promote Supervisory Exams are validated tests specifically designed to measure the ability to manage people.
FrontLine Promote Supervisory Exams consist of a video-based employee observation component and a series of written situational judgment questions that directly measure skills necessary to become an effective supervisor and manager. FrontLine Promote Supervisory Exams are available for the following ranks:
- Corporal
- Sergeant
- Lieutenant
FrontLine Promote includes numerical ranking by total score and dimensional scores showing candidate strengths and weaknesses in the following areas:
- Managing Performance
- Training/Career Development
- Interpersonal Relations with Staff and Customers
- Reliability/Integrity
- Communication
- Managing Conflict
- Managing Change
- Changing Role to Supervisor
- Working with Management
- Discipline and Managing Difficult Employees
- Team Development/Delegation
- Prioritization/Effective Use of Resources
Ergometrics can create custom test items from assigned sources, including internal documents such as department SOPs. Custom tests can be created for all promotional levels from Corporal to Police Chief.
The FrontLine Performance Evaluation System ties directly into important job dimensions assessed in the FrontLine entry level and promotional exams. Performance evaluations are available for the following ranks:
The FrontLine Performance Evaluation System is ready for immediate implementation in most departments. However, Ergometrics is also ready to assist any department preferring to review and customize any of the performance evaluation forms. We offer implementation advice, assistance with customization and training for supervisors. Please contact us to discuss your specific needs.
- Police Officer
- Corporal
- Sergeant
- Lieutenant
- Deputy/Chief
- Assistant Chief
- Managing Change
- Integrity
- Training/Career Development
- Professionalism
- Situational Assessment and Analysis
- Weapons Skills
- Officer Safety Orientation
The FrontLine Performance Evaluation System is ready for immediate implementation in most departments. However, Ergometrics is also ready to assist any department preferring to review and customize any of the performance evaluation forms. We offer implementation advice, assistance with customization and training for supervisors. Please contact us to discuss your specific needs.