Conditional Offer of Employment

The recruiting Lieutenant called me today to see if I was still interested in working for the City Police Department!! I was able to run down town and see him in person to go over, and arrange the final steps in the application process. all I needed was an hour or so to get ready. After a quick clean-up job I was on my way to the Police Station to speak with the recruiting Lieutenant about [hopefully] my new job.

Everything seemed pretty cut and dry, mostly forms to sign and he explained to me that I am the type of applicant the department is looking for. My background check had not indicated anything out of the normal, nor did my references reveal anything unexpected of me. He went on to say as long as my Physical, Polygraph, and Psychological tests came back clear I would have a job with the City Police Department.

Once all the paperwork was signed I was given a sheet of paper with the next four steps of the application process on it: Employee Health Clinic, Physical, Polygraph Investigation, and Psychological Assessment. I was given instruction to go to the employee health clinic and get a Drug/Alcohol Screen and a TB test done. Once that was completed I was to get a Physical Examination, and arrange a date for my Polygraph Investigation, and Psychological Assessment.

Everything was put in my lap to handle at my leisure, so being the person that I am I made arrangement to get my Drug/Alcohol Screening, and Physical taken care of right away. The Drug/Alcohol Screening was pretty standard, piss in a cup for the drug test, and give an oral swab for the alcohol, the TB test is a shot given under the skin that has to be read in a few days. With all that out of the way I was able to go to the doctor’s office the department has selected and had to wait three hours to get the doctor to perform a two minute examination, and sign the release papers. During my wait I was able to call the polygraph investigator and set up an appointment for next week (9am Tuesday).

After I dropped off my medical paperwork to the LT and told him when my appointment was we also set up a time to do my psychological test after my polygraph, so it looks like next week everything will [hopefully] be done.

 

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The selection process consists of ten steps that must be completed in its entirety prior to hiring.

• Application Accepted
• Application Screening
• Nelson-Denny Testing
• Initial Background Interview
• Background Investigation
• Conditional Offer of Employment
• Drug/Alcohol Screen
• Physical Examination
• Psychological & Polygraph Examinations
• Final Offer of Employment by the Chief of Police