Police Officer Selection Test (POST)

The Wisconsin Chiefs of Police Association, in conjunction with Stanard & Associates, Inc., offers a legally defensible, nationally validated examination that is designed to identify candidates who possess the skills necessary to function successfully as an entry level police officer. This service offered by the Wisconsin Chiefs of Police Association is designed to help departments throughout Wisconsin select the best officers possible through inexpensive and highly effective applicant testing. Currently, 12 state chief associations have adopted the National Police Officer Selection test: Oregon, Colorado, Kansas, Illinois, Missouri, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, Michigan, Oklahoma and Texas.

Background Information

Stanard & Associates, Inc., a Chicago-based firm of psychologists, began working in the area of police testing in 1976. Over the years, their work with police agencies consistently indicated a need for an instrument to assess skills such as reading comprehension, writing ability and arithmetic and grammar proficiency before candidates progressed further in the selection process. So S&A initiated an extensive review of existing entry-level police tests targeted for a national market. This confirmed the need for a relatively short and easy exam to determine whether an entry-level police applicant possessed adequate basic reading, writing/grammar and mathematics skills.

To meet this need, Stanard & Associates developed the National Police Officer Selection Test (POST), a content-valid, job-related, fair and objective pre-employment test designed to identify those candidates who have the essential basic skills necessary to perform successfully as a police officer.

Wisconsin Chiefs of Police Association Testing Services

The Wisconsin Chiefs of Police Association provides both the National Police Officer Selection Test (POST) and the National Firefighter Selection Test (NFST), an exam similar to the POST, but for entry-level firefighters. These exams are used by a variety of agencies and municipalities to select police officers and firefighters, including the U.S. Secret Service (Uniform Division); U.S. Capitol Police; Kansas City, MO; Portsmouth, VA; Palm Springs, CA; New Jersey State Police and Providence, RI. In addition, the POST has been mandated as the statewide entry-level test by the states of Iowa, Utah, and Wyoming. All these agencies and municipalities thoroughly researched the available exams and determined that those offered by Stanard & Associates were of the highest quality.Both the POST and NFST meet all ADA and EEOC guidelines.

The Wisconsin Chiefs of Police Association offers two forms of this test. One is scored by the individual department or municipality and the other is scored by Stanard & Associates and results provided within 10 working days.

Costs
Self-Score Test
$12.50 each

Examiner Manual (Required for agency-scored test)
$10.00

Exams Scored by Stanard & Associates
$22.50 each

Administrator Guide (Required for S&A scored tests)
$ 6.00 each

Study Guide
$ 3.50 each

**There is a .50 discount per test for Active Association Members.**

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