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