High-Stakes Testing: The Rise of Cheating in Public Safety

Cheating incidents in public safety serve as a grim reminder that testing procedures have not kept pace with advances in technology. With public and media scrutiny of first responders at historic levels, poor testing procedures can have a major negative impact on departments.

By learning from the mistakes and consequences of previous incidents, chiefs and administrators can take the steps to discourage, detect, and manage future cheating incidents in their jurisdictions.

Watch this webinar with Chief Clive Savacool and Gerry Roberts, J.D. as they reflect on scandals, discuss how agencies reacted, and summarize the waves of litigation that cheating can create.