ProFirst Training News & Resources —Law Enforcement Hiring & Background Investigation Updates

(Author: ProFirst Police Background Investigations · Reading time: about 4 minutes) It's hiring-season math every chief knows by heart. You have ten academy seats. You make ten conditional offers. Then two candidates don't clear the psychological evaluation, one doesn't pass the medical exam, and one takes a job with the agency down the road. The academy starts in three weeks, and you're looking at six cadets. A lot of agencies run their hiring this way because they assume t

Campus police officers carry the same badge as any agency but hire under very different pressures. Here's what a strong, state-compliant campus background investigation looks like.

Every year, agencies hire officers who look great on paper. Clean record. Strong references. Passed the polygraph or VSA examination. But there's one place too many background investigations still don't dig deep enough — and it's public, permanent, and searchable by anyone: the applicant's social media. One officer’s social media posts put multiple criminal cases under review. John Pallas explains why a structured, FCRA-compliant social media review belongs in every police ba