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Recommendation No. 21: The passing score for the written exam for police officer <br />should be static and not adjusted from exam to exam. <br /> <br />Recommendation No. 22: The review team recognizes that the prohibition of <br />polygraph examinations in the hiring process resides at the state level. The <br />department should work with others in the state to lobby for change in this area. <br /> <br />Recommendation No. 23: The personal history questionnaire completed by <br />applicants should be submitted to the EPD rather than Human Resource Services. <br /> <br />Recommendation No. 24: A pool of background investigators should be established <br />within the department. <br /> <br />Recommendation No. 25: Applicants disqualified at any stage of the process should <br />be eliminated from further processing. <br /> <br />Recommendation No. 26: No applicant should be advanced to the psychological <br />exam until his/her background investigation is complete. <br /> <br />Recommendation No. 27: The practice of advancing applicants based on their <br />interview and role play performance against the performance of others only on that <br />day should be discontinued. <br /> <br />Recommendation No. 28: As recommended in the Recruitment and Selection section <br />of this report, there is a need to prepare a recruitment plan that specifically targets <br />under-represented populations, specifically Hispanics and females. <br /> <br />Recommendation No. 29: Affirmative action (AA) plans should be considered living <br />documents for the users and should be revisited every six months to ensure that <br />goals are still meaningful and data on minority and female representation is <br />updated regularly. <br /> <br />Recommendation No. 30: The EPD needs accurate and timely statistical data to <br />develop recruitment and hiring plans. <br /> <br />Recommendation No. 31: Both Human Resource Services and the EPD should <br />continue to assess for adverse impact in all selection processes. <br /> <br />Recommendation No. 32: All applicants for the position of police officer should <br />undergo the same stringent selection process. <br /> <br />Recommendation No. 33: Academy staff should continue to improve the recruit <br />training program, especially in the area of scenario-based training. <br /> <br /> vi <br /> <br /> <br />