Police Testing

FrontLine: Video Testing
System for Law Enforcement

Police testing from ERGOMETRICS, job simulating police testing that realistically places potential officers "on the street." Applicants for entry level police and sheriff deputy positions watch a variety of real-life scenarios. They must analyze each situation from the video and make quick judgments about how to respond.

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FrontLine:

Police Testing
for Entry Level

Experts agree, truly outstanding officers are those who consistently use good judgment and human relation skills. The police testing in Frontline is a cost-effective method of identifying applicants early in the screening process who have a high probability of being distinguished officers.

Why is work simulation used for this test?

Actually simulating critical job demands is a more powerful employment testing technique than either traditional paper and pencil tests or oral interviews. Simulation not only gives candidates a realistic job preview, but it ensures that the actual skills required on the job are directly measured by the test. A written test cannot possibly tell you very much about a person's people handling skills.

Video is a practical job simulation medium for assessing human relations skills. Written and oral tests are dependent on the ability to completely describe situations with language. Not only is it impossible and impractical to describe the minute details of a situation, the question is dependent on each applicant's interpretation of what the scene is supposed to be. Video scenarios present exactly the same information to everyone, allow for careful staging of the events and the surrounding environment, and require applicants to observe and analyze the situation themselves. It is a realistic way to see how a person reacts to actual job situations before being hired and put on the job.

What is the cost benefit of using FrontLine?

Hiring and training a new officer is a major expense in terms of both time and money. Validation studies on similar ERGOMETRICS' video tests show that improving the match between the applicant and the job dramatically lowers turnover and the use of leave. Also, FrontLine enables you to identify, early in the screening process, those applicants who have the key skills necessary to be a successful officer, thereby increasing the efficiency of subsequent testing procedures.

Additional Police Testing Products

ERGOMETRICS' COVT
Correction Officer Video Test

ERGOMETRICS' COVT consists of 83 real-life job scenarios presented on video. Applicants watch scenarios, analyzing and making quick judgments about how to respond.

ECOMM
Emergency Communications Personnel Video Testing System

ECOMM is a video testing system designed especially for emergency communications. ECOMM tests for skills that are impossible to assess well using common testing methods.

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