Selecting In, Screening Out

Presenters: 

• Dr. Dennis Conroy, Ret. Sgt., St. Paul (MN) Police Department 
• Dr. William Donnoe, Ed. D, Donnoe & Associates
• Dr. Mark Zelig, Salt Lake (UT) Police Department 

Overview: 

• This session will encompass everything from oral 
exams and psychological tests to more effectively 
using the field training program within the overall 
selection process. 


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Traits Identified: Recruiting Campaign

• Communication 
• Compassion 
• Dedication 
• Commitment and achievement 
• Integrity 
• Courage 


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Community Involvement: 

• Meetings with community leaders 
• What kind of people you want to be cops 
• Problems with working relationships
• Problems with responses 


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Psychological Findings:

• Creative 
• Understanding 
• Courageous 
• Tenacious 
• Compassionate 
• Inter-active 
• Self-confident 


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Develop Integrated Field Training Program 

• Best character traits integrated into field training program 
- basic foundation of program 
- focus on training 
- focus on evaluation 
- character becomes a part of the process 


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• Total Cost to get One Trainee through Training: 

- Since only one of three new dispatchers stay the first 
year, the cost of acquiring one dispatcher = 

• $94,000.00