Course Details

Course TitleSPCP 2025 - The "Gen-C" Candidate: Trends, Strengths, and Challenges in the Pre-Employment Psychological Evaluation of Post-COVID-19 Candidates
Date 9/26/2025
ProviderSociety for Police and Criminal Psychology Annual Conference
Phone 
Emailconference@policepsychology.org
Website https://www.policepsychology.org/conference
LocationAnaheim, CA
Credit Hours0.5
Instructor(s)Stacey Waring, PsyD, CalHR, Chief Psychologist; Denise Jablonski-Kaye, PhD, CalHR, Phychologist
Method of InstructionWorkshop/Seminar
Approving AgencyAPA
Course Syllabus

Course Description

Law enforcement agencies are struggling to find and recruit strong applicants. The typical applicants are now choosing different professions and nontraditional candidates are applying. Only 8% of police personnel reported in 2020 that they would recommend their job to others. So, what are the trends seen in the "Gen C" preemployment psychological evaluations? Given these Gen C candidates, the agency needs, and the evolution of law enforcement, the preemployment psychological evaluation has increased significance in the hiring process. Current research on post-COVID era candidates, multicultural considerations of the psychological evaluation, and issues in recruitment and retention of these candidates will be presented. How can the evaluating psychologist work with the agency to respond to the cultural and social issues that are impacting law enforcement as well as the candidate pool?

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