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Douglas N. Jackson

<p>Sigma Survey for Police Officers (SSPO) provides a relevant, reliable tool to help select and place qualified police and security officers.</p>

Sigma Survey for Police Officers (SSPO) helps select and place qualified police and security officers by assessing role suitability. Get it from Pearson.

Sigma Survey for Police Officers

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			<p>Developed by Douglas N. Jackson, PhD, an international expert in personnel assessment, the SSPO test helps police chiefs, security administrators, and hiring managers evaluate a candidate&#39;s skills.</p>

			<h3>Benefits</h3>

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				<li>Select candidates with the practical, problem-solving ability required to solve on-the-job problems arising in incidents and to act appropriately and with sound judgment.</li>
				<li>Identify candidates with the skills to write meaningful, credible incident reports that may become permanent records in investigations and court proceedings.</li>
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			<h3>Features</h3>

			<p>The SSPO test evaluates skills in two critical areas: incident report writing and problem solving.&nbsp;</p>

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				<li>Incident Report Writing section: helps evaluate the candidate&#39;s ability to write effective reports by assessing spelling, grammar and vocabulary skills.&nbsp;</li>
				<li>Problem Solving section: helps measure the candidate&#39;s use of appropriate judgment by presenting scenarios requiring a decision by an officer.&nbsp;</li>
				<li>Test items have been carefully selected for job relevance, increasing the instrument&#39;s acceptability to candidates and employers and its ability to withstand legal challenges.</li>
				<li>Easy-to-read results compare candidates to a large database of police officer candidates.</li>
				<li>The overall score is based on the scores of Total Writing Aptitude and Officer Problem Solving.</li>
				<li>Normed on a contemporary sample of 1,413 job candidates applying for the position of police officer.</li>
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			<h3>Sample Reports</h3>

			<p>The following sample report is available for SSPO.</p>

			<p><a class="text-primary-link" href="/content/dam/school/global/clinical/us/assets/sspo/sspo-profile-report.pdf" target="_blank">Profile Report</a></p>
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