How are non-affiliate candidates chosen and/or what qualities are desirable for a candidate to possess in order to be offered a position?
The Sacramento County Sheriff’s Training Academy mission is to prepare recruits mentally, physically and ethically for transition to a field training program. With this mission in mind, our Non-Affiliate selection process encompasses a review of the applicant’s POST Entry Level Law Enforcement Test Battery score (written examination), Academy Physical Agility Course performance (pass/fail) and a review of their submitted Personal History Statement. POST Entry Level Law Enforcement Test Battery: The law mandates that “peace officers be able to read and write at the levels necessary to perform the job of a peace officer as determined by the use of the POST Entry-Level Law Enforcement Test Battery (PELLETB) or other job-related test of reading and writing ability.” Because performance on the PELLETB is highly correlated with performance in the academy, we use the PELLETB as an indicator of readiness for a career in law enforcement. The PELLETB is a multiple-choice, fill-in-the-blank writt
