The Pennsylvania Chiefs of Police Association can assist municipalities with the hiring of a Chief of Police by conducting an Executive Search, which shall include, generally, oversight of the examination process, scoring/ranking of the applicants, and the making of recommendations to the governing body, as more specifically described below:

1. In consultation with the municipality’s elected officials, municipal manager, or designee, prepare a “Job Announcement” for the Chief of Police position.

2. E-mail the job announcement to members of the Pennsylvania Chiefs of Police Association (distribution list in excess of 1300 recipients).
3. Place a job announcement advertisement on the web site of the Pennsylvania Chiefs of Police Association.
4. Receive and screen resumes of applicants to identify those who meet or exceed the requirements for the advertised position.
5. Assist in the selection of applicants for further consideration.
6. Meet with the municipality’s representatives to decide which applicants shall move on in the process.
7. Prepare letters of rejection for those receiving no further consideration and mail same.
8. Conduct research about the client municipality in order to gather the necessary information with which to prepare realistic questions for the Chief or Police position.
9. Prepare oral examinations as requested by the municipality’s governing body, municipal manager or their designee.
10. Select three qualified and experienced Chiefs of Police to assist in conducting an oral interview exercise.
11. Coordinate arrangements for, and administer the oral interview exercise for the governing body of the municipality.
12. A maximum of seven (7) candidates can be interviewed in one day. One day of interviews is included in the contract.
13. Evaluate and score the oral interview exercise(s).
14. Rank those applicants to be recommended to the municipality for consideration.
15. Coordinate arrangements to meet with the municipality, prepare and present examination result(s), make recommendations, answer questions.
16. Provide one experienced Chief of Police to sit in on the final interviews conducted by the municipality.