The authors offer detailed instructions for setting up a fitness-for-duty methodology and examine the effectiveness of fitness-for-duty evaluations in law enforcement.

While some police psychology books contain a chapter on fitness for duty, this is the first comprehensive publication focused exclusively on psychological fitness-for-duty evaluations (FFDEs) for law enforcement personnel. This book presents detailed instructions for setting up a fitness-for-duty methodology, and examines the effectiveness of FFDEs in law enforcement. This handbook is ideal for professionals as well as for coursework aimed at prospective police or municipal officials, psychologists, students, behavioral science specialists, human rights advocates, and attorneys. A helpful glossary makes the book even more useful for students and those without formal training in psychology or public administration, and several appendices provide examples of documentation to use in the evaluation process.