Deputy Sheriff Testing Saturday

 

 

 

The Kanawha County Deputy Sheriff’s Civil Service Commission and Sheriff John Rutherford are beginning the Civil Service Testing process to select candidates for Entry-Level Deputy Sheriff. The application deadline has now passed.

 

The first phase is the Physical Ability Test, which is slated for Saturday April 27, 2013 at West Virginia State University Lakin Field at 9:00 a.m.  Currently, there are 180 applicants who have registered at this first level. This phase will assess each candidate’s physical ability level in determining their suitability for handling the physical demands associated to law enforcement. Each candidate will perform a prescribed number of sit-ups, push-ups, as well as a 1 ½ mile run. All exercises are limited by time and performance.

 

Those candidates who successfully pass the Physical Ability Test, will proceed to the Written Exam (second phase) that is scheduled to take place shortly after completion of the Physical Ability Test also at West Virginia State University in the Wallace Hall Auditorium. The Written Exam will evaluate each candidate’s intellectual knowledge of law enforcement, decision making capability and related writing skills.  Each applicant must obtain a score of at least 70% to continue on through the process.

 

The successful candidate will undergo a rigorous and thorough Background Investigation.  This will ensure the applicant has not been convicted of any crime or other infamous or notoriously disgraceful conduct which would preclude them from becoming a Deputy Sheriff.

 

The next phase involves a Polygraph Examination used to assist in determining truthfulness related to the background investigation.

 

A Senior Staff Interview will be scheduled to allow Sheriff’s Office Senior Staff to personally discuss with the applicant department specific facts and assess each person’s desire to become a Kanawha County Deputy Sheriff.

 

Next, is the Psychological Examination. The Psychological Examination is designed to assess each applicant’s mental fitness for law enforcement.

 

Upon successful results each candidate will then move to the Medical Physical Examination. The Physical Examination is necessary to appraise each applicant’s medical fitness for duty.

 

Each candidate who has met all previous criteria will go before the Kanawha County Commission for the formal acceptance into the Sheriff’s Office.