Entry-Level Public Safety Assessments

Public safety hiring is too important—and too resource-intensive—to rely on weak front-end screening.

Rafilson & Associates provides entry-level assessments built specifically for law enforcement, corrections, fire/EMS, and 911 communications. These tools allow agencies to make an early, defensible decision about who should move forward—before committing time, cost, and organizational resources to deeper evaluation.

Grounded in national job analysis data and modern psychometric methods, our assessments establish a clear, objective standard at the very start of the hiring process.

Most hiring challenges don’t emerge at the end of the process—they start at the beginning. Agencies often advance large numbers of candidates without a reliable way to distinguish who truly meets the demands of the role. The result is predictable: time and resources are spent on candidates who are later disqualified in backgrounds, psychological evaluations, or training.

This creates unnecessary cost, inefficiency, and avoidable risk.

Our entry-level assessments are designed to serve as the first defensible decision point in your hiring system.

Used immediately after application, they allow you to:

• Apply a clear, job-relevant standard from the outset 
• Identify candidates with the behavioral traits required for public safety work 
• Focus time and resources on those most likely to succeed 
• Reduce late-stage disqualifications and downstream risk 
• Strengthen the defensibility of your overall process