(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
