Description
Select a law enforcement agency in which you are interested. Locate officer-recruitment and selection-process information on your selected agency. Create a 12- to 15-slide presentation in which you describe the recruitment and selection process of the agency you selected. Include the following in your presentation: Describe elements associated with the police recruitment and selection process at the agency. Explain the policing culture within your chosen agency. Identify the major components of the training process and the career development programs for officers who work at the agency. Include a minimum of 100 words of speaker notes for each slide. Format your presentation consistent with APA guidelines
Explanation & Answer
Attached.
Federal Bureau of Investigation
(FBI) Officer-Recruitment and
Selection Process
By: Name
Date:
Special Agent Selection System ElementsStep 1: Application and Screening
Resume
◦ Federal Resume
template
A passing PFT selfevaluation
All necessary forms
Screened for minimum
qualifications and as
appropriateness
Disqualifying Factors
◦ Non-U.S. citizenship
◦ Felony conviction and/or
domestic violence
◦ Performed acts that
overthrow the U.S.
government
Timeframe
◦ Depends on the full
application, application
volume, and FBI needs.
◦ Applications that are
complete will be
processed faster.
(FBI, 2016)
Selection System Elements- Step 2 and 3
S tep 2: P ha se I Test
Pass preliminary screening
◦ Phase 1 Test
Multiple choice: BioData
Inventory, Logical Reasoning,
and Situational Judgment
Assesses applicants’
competencies
Timeframe
◦ Must schedule Phase I test
within 21 days of receiving
invitation
◦ Will get Pass/fail results by 1
hour of finishing the test
S tep 3: M eet a nd Greet
Make an appearance at a
Meet and Greet at a
processing field office
(PFO) after completing
Phase I.
Review online applications
Evaluate applications
Choose the most
competitive applicants for
Phase II training
Timeframe
◦ 30 weeks to move from
Phase 1 to be invited to
Phase II
(FBI, 2016)
Selection System Elements- Steps 4 and 5
S tep 4: P ha se II Test
Writing exercise
Structured interview
◦ Panel of three Special
Agents
Phase II tests
◦ Held regionally
No traveling expenses.
Timeframe: Applicants
will get their Phase II
scores within 6 weeks of
finishing their test.
S tep 5:Officia l P hysica l
F itness Test (P F T )
Have to pass a PFT at a
local Field Office by
trained FBI employees
measures physical fitness
level relative to
important duties and
functions carried out by
FBI Special Agents
Timeframe: 14 days to
to take PFT after passing
Phase II
(FBI, 2016)
Selection Process Elements- Steps 6 and 7
S tep 6: Conditiona l
A ppointm ent Offer
(CAO)
After Phase II and official PFT
◦ Will get a conditional
appointment offer
S tep 7: B a ckg round
Inform a tion
Top Security clearance from
FBI
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