AROS Advises the New Orleans Police Department

AROS, the I-O Psychology PhD program's consulting group, has been working with the City of New Orleans to conduct job-analysis work and to design a new written test for police recruits for the New Orleans Police Department. To complete this work, students have traveled to New Orleans, met with a federal judge, attended a consent-decree hearing, sat in on police-academy sessions, ridden along with on-duty police officers, and conducted numerous interviews, focus groups, and meetings with police officers of all ranks, members of New Orleans Civil Service, and the Consent Decree Monitor. The experience that students gain through doing this type of hands-on, real-world work is immensely valuable in preparing them to leverage their doctoral education!

 

This blog was submitted by Dr. Steven Toaddy of the Department of Psychology in the COE.  Above and below are images from the educational adventure. To learn more about AROS or the partnership with New Orleans Police Department, you can contact Dr. Toaddy at toaddy@latech.edu or visit the AROS webpage.