Most progressive law enforcement agencies use psychological testing for screening applicants. In addition, national accreditation standards require psychological testing for many special duty assignments. LESI® professionals have significant experience in assessment of police officers, deputy sheriffs and correctional officers as well as non sworn personnel (e.g. telecommunicators).

The LESI®assessment process generates a psychological evaluation based on a battery of tests and a one-on-one interview with a psychologist. Topics covered in the evaluation include:

• Background data
• Personal impression and presence
• Intellectual characteristics
• Vocational preference and attitudes
• Emotional characteristics
• Specific areas of concern
• Overall probability of success in law enforcement

The validity of the LESI® battery is assured through the establishment of the LESI® selection database. This database currently contains data from more than 70000 administrations of this battery in law enforcement agencies of varying size. The data has been correlated with hiring practices in several agencies and can be shown to be non-discriminatory in regard to race and sex. The LESI® assessment program conforms to all current standards issued by The American Psychological Association as well as the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA).