Fitness-for-Duty Evaluation

Police employers have a legal duty to ensure that police officers under their command are mentally and emotionally fit to perform their duties, and failure to do so can result in significant civil liability to the employer and serious consequences. Occasionally, a law enforcement officer’s behavior raises concerns that the officer may be unstable, a physical danger to self and to others, or ineffective in discharging responsibilities.  Read Dr. McElroy's article that helps agencies better understand the FFDE process, when (and when not to) consider it, and how it can be used effectively to protect an agency and ensure it's personnel have a formalized method for evaluation and restoring fitness when mental health concerns are impeding an employee's safe and effective performance of essential job functions.
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