A Handbook for Psychological Fitness-for-Duty Evaluations in Law Enforcement

• Main Authors: Rostow, Cary D., Davis, Robert D.
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Psychology Press 2004; Taylor and Francis; Taylor & Francis Group; Routledge
• Edition: 1
• Subjects: Handbooks, manuals, etc; Law enforcement; Mental Health; Police; Police psychology; Law Enforcement Executive; FMLA Leave; Employee Assistance Program; mental; program; employee; assistance; FCRA; Internal Affairs Officer; executive; Health Care Providers; Follow; psychology; provider; Police Psychologist; HIPAA; Law Enforcement; Violating; LE Executive; FMLA; LE Agency; agency; Punitive Damages; health; Civil Service Board; Police Executive; Deliberant Indifference; Chronic; Negligent Retention; police; EAP; Held; MMPI-2; Administrative Conflict; ADA

While some books about police psychology contain a chapter on the fitness-for-duty question, this is the first comprehensive publication focused exclusively on psychological fitness-for-duty evaluations (FFDEs) for law enforcement personnel. This handbook is ideal for professionals and for coursewor...

Table of Contents:

• Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- SECTION I: THE HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF POLICE PSYCHOLOGY -- Chapter 1. Law Enforcement Agencies and Police Psychology -- American Policing -- The First American Police Reform Movement -- The Second American Police Reform Movement -- The Third American Police Reform Movement -- U.S. Police Structures -- Early Police Psychological Testing -- Development of Professional Police Psychology and EAPs -- Some Contemporary Issues in Policing -- Chapter 2. Police Culture and Assessment/Therapy Issues -- Culture -- Police-Specific Psychological Assessment, Treatment, and EAP -- Special Issues of Psychotherapy in Police Settings -- Mental Health Programs -- Chapter 3. Law Enforcement Liability and Police Psychology -- The Civil Rights Act of 1871 -- Municipal Liability -- Case Law -- Failure to Discipline -- Expert Testimony by the FFDE Provider -- Duty to Warn -- Liability for the Certifying Provider -- The Right to Offer Opinion of Mental Health Before Employment -- SECTION II: THE MECHANICS OF THE FITNESS-FOR-DUTY EVALUATION METHODOLOGY -- Chapter 4. Usefulness of Fitness-for-Duty Evaluations in Law Enforcement Agencies -- The Case of Officer Bob -- Law Enforcement Executives' Choices -- The FFDE Option -- Chapter 5. Defining the Fitness-for-Duty Evaluation -- Who May Offer the FFDE Service? -- Positive Risk -- Negative Risk -- Chapter 6. Developing a Fitness-for-Duty Evaluation System -- Friend of the Chief -- General FFDE Goals -- Administrative Conflict of Interest -- Chapter 7. Forms and Styles for the Fitness-for-Duty Evaluation in Law Enforcement -- Officer Instructions -- Officer Personal Information -- Directions for an FFDE Appearance -- Third-Party Observations -- Electronic Recordings -- Copy of the Report -- Defamation
• Misrepresentation on FFDEs -- Résumé Fraud and Free Speech -- FFDE Confidentiality in Court Actions -- Administrative Forms of FFDEs: Internal and External Providers -- Are FFDEs Mandatory? -- Lybarger Admonishment -- Insubordination -- Chapter 8. Assessment: Methods and Procedures -- Processing the Officer into the FFDE Setting -- Explaining the Nature of All Self-Report Materials -- Ending the FFDE Contact with the Officer -- Immediate LE Executive Feedback -- The Minimum Necessary Rule -- Independent Treatment Review Service -- Psychology and Law Enforcement Personnel Methods -- Cognitive Testing and FFDEs -- Introduction to Statistical Considerations for Police Executives -- Predictive Validity -- Clinical, Forensic, and Fitness-for-Duty Evaluations -- Chapter 9. Fitness-for-Duty Report Recommendations -- Special Records Section -- Postevaluation Outcome Assessment and Distortion -- Postassessment Treatment Recommendations -- FFDE Provider Recommendations -- Release of Records to Third Parties -- SECTION III: FORENSIC ISSUES IN FITNESS-FOR-DUTY EVALUATIONS -- Chapter 10. Expert Witnesses and the Defense of Selection/Fitness Decisions -- The Case of Detective Reed -- Federal Rules of Evidence 702 -- Examining the Expert's Methods -- Chapter 11. Reasons for Fitness-for-Duty Evaluations -- The Key Issues -- Reasons for Referral -- Chapter 12. Misuse of Fitness-for-Duty Evaluations -- The Case of Officer Tim -- Improper FFDE Referrals -- SECTION IV: FEDERAL LAW AND FITNESSFOR- DUTY EVALUATIONS -- Chapter 13. Confidentiality of Psychological Information and the HIPAA in Police Psychology -- Ethical Issues About Confidentiality -- Confidentiality and Mental Health Treatment -- Confidentiality Law -- The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 -- Suggestions for the Law Enforcement Executive and Police Psychologist
• Chapter 14. The Americans with Disabilities Act and Fitness-for-Duty Evaluations -- The Americans with Disabilities Act -- ADA Disability Definition and the Supreme Court -- Chapter 15. The Family Medical Leave Act, the Fair Credit Reporting Act, and Fitness-for-Duty Evaluations -- The Family Medical Leave Act -- The Fair Credit Reporting Act -- The Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act -- Commentary -- SECTION V: CONCLUSIONS -- Chapter 16. Reflections and the Future of Law Enforcement Fitness-for-Duty Evaluations -- The Future of the Law Enforcement FFDE -- A Model Bill -- Final Thoughts -- APPENDIXES -- Appendix A. Fitness-for-Duty Evaluation Guidelines -- Appendix B. Fitness-for-Duty Evaluation Regulation Model -- Appendix C. Fitness-for-Duty Evaluation Letter of Guidance -- Appendix D. Fitness-for-Duty Letter for Officer to Report for Examination: Mandatory and Optional Programs -- Appendix E. Sample Fitness-for-Duty Evaluation Report -- Appendix F. Statement of Understanding -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index