Procedure
After receiving the Civil Service's eligibility list of applicants and copies of each applicant's Civil Service employment application, a sufficient number of eligible applicants will be contacted and required to complete a police department employment application, personal background questionnaire, release of information waiver and any other necessary forms as determined by the department.
Police officer and correction officer applicants must successfully complete a physical ability assessment.
Applicants will be examined with truth testing equipment preferably before the background investigation is started.
A typing/data entry examination will be given to those applicants applying for positions requiring those skills.
A thorough and complete background investigation will be conducted on those applicants not eliminated by any of the aforementioned steps of the hiring process. The background investigation will be used to determine if the applicant meets and/or exceeds the minimum employment qualifications for the open position(s). Upon completing the background investigation, the investigation file and a summary of the investigator's findings will be forwarded to the Staff Services Division.
Candidates will then submit to psychological testing at departmental expense.
Photographs and fingerprints will be taken of each applicant still eligible for employment after the aforementioned steps. These will be taken for identification verification and further criminal history checks.
Oral interviews will be conducted after the above steps are completed. Those persons present for the interviews will normally include city and department administrators. One employee from the employee classification to be hired may be permitted to observe the interviews.
A recommendation to hire will then be made to the Chief of Police by those conducting the oral interview. The Chief of Police, if he accepts the recommendation, will then request the City appointment of the individual.
A medical examination to determine the applicant's fitness for employment will be given to each applicant who has been offered employment. Employment is contingent upon successfully completing the medical examination which will include a drug screen.
Applicants found not to meet departmental qualifications will be eliminated from consideration. Elimination may occur anytime during the hiring process.