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A Handbook for Psychological Fitness-For-Duty Evaluations in Law Enforcement

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This is the best text about FFD assessments of law enforcement officers. It is equally applicable to the psychologist as the manager. It pertains specifically to the USA but also to other regions.

This text provides a road map for the practitioner involved in developing and executing policy for fitness for duty evaluations, and further provides greater understanding of the dynamics involved in FFDE, from both employer and employee needs. The legal issues related to this area of policy area fully articulated for practitioners, attorneys, chiefs of police, senior staff and HR personnel to fully appreciate employer and employee concerns. The text further provides a history of EAP programs and FFDE applications with early case law. This book should be used by law enforcement personnel in writing policy for such examinations and kept readily available for easy reference when questions arise about such FFDEs.

Purchased the book in anticipation of referrals for fitness for duty evaluations from local police department. The book has a lot of useful information from historical and cultural background on the nature of police work to example reports and other practical considerations. In some aspects, the book is targeted to department leaders rather than the examining psychologist, but it remains useful for the provider.