In today's fire entry-level testing field, many departments are moving toward the direction of including psychological testing, not only during the last steps of the hiring process but during the ...

A psychological evaluation is a professional assessment of an individual to determine if a diagnosis of a mental health disorder can be made and, or to further understand elements of an individual's ...

Legal Lessons Learned: The Indianapolis Fire Department (IFD) thoroughly documented legitimate concerns about a female firefighter/paramedic's mental health, arising ...

The city and the union agreed to a 12-month probation for 30 officers. The department had moved to fire them after they ...

A 32-year-old Mt. Pleasant man accused of assaulting police after pointing a BB gun at them in February will undergo a psychological evaluation to determine if he is competent to stand trial. Paula ...

Two Boston police officers and three police unions are suing Boston police over the department's policy of forcing officers returning to duty to complete a psychological evaluation. According to the ...

OAKLAND, Calif. – The Alameda County Sheriff’s Office has stripped 47 deputies – 10% of the force – of their guns and arrest powers because they failed psychological exams in the wake of a fatal ...

On Wednesday, Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman received permission from a U.S. judge to undergo a psychological examination to determine his mental competence, The Associated Press reports. Last week, the ...