Learn About PST
Agency Officials
Learn About PST
PST delivers a revolutionary candidate recruiting and testing system that produces a high quality, pre-tested candidate pool while saving departments significant staff time and money. All under one roof!
- Profesional Pre-Employment Testing System
- Pre-Employment Background Investigations
- EyeDetect Lie Detection
- Polygraph Examinations
- Workplace Misconduct Investigations
- Promotional Testing
- Assessment Centers
Who's It For?
We assist agencies with a variety of human resource needs for:
- Law Enforcement Officers
- Firefighters
- Corrections Officers
- Paramedics
- 911 Dispatchers
- Private Security
How Does An Agency Get Started?
Just contact us! It's as simple as that. We are happy to meet with your agency and discuss how our revolutionary system can help you hire great people while saving time and money.
What Are Agency Officials Saying?
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When we switched to PST, we immediately experienced a noticeable increase in candidate quality and quantity.
- Heather Stafford, City of Olympia, WA HR/Civil Service -
There are three things I will never live without: my husband, my washer & dryer, and PST.
- Rita Lowery, Personnel Manager, Boise, ID Police Department
About PST
Public Safety Testing was formed in 2000 to assist local governments ease the burdensome process of establishing and maintaining eligibility lists for positions such as firefighter, police officer, deputy sheriff, corrections officer, 9-1-1 dispatcher and others. We conduct advertising and professional recruiting assistance, application intake processing, written testing and physical ability testing for those agencies that subscribe to our service. Currently more than 200 police, sheriff, fire, and dispatch agencies in the Pacific Northwest contract with our firm for their initial pre-employment testing services. We have had the privilege of helping hundreds of agencies hire thousands of police officers, firefighters, corrections officers and 911 dispatchers.
Subscribing agencies have consistently indicated that by utilizing our services they are saving money, saving staff time, and the quality and diversity of applicants has been enhanced. Agency representatives appreciate that the applicant pool is limited to candidates that have passed the written and physical ability exams and want to work for their agency. Continuous testing ensures that eligibility lists are frequently updated with new candidates so your list is always up to date. This is critical in today’s competitive hiring environment.
We engage in a vigorous marketing and outreach strategy focused on attracting high quality and diverse candidates. Our efforts target a broad range of communication mediums including on the internet, career fairs, military, recruiting posters, colleges, newspapers and a close-working relationship with our client agencies.
We conduct tests frequently in the Pacific Northwest offering testing in communities where our client agencies are located and where they typically draw their candidate pool. Each year we offer hundreds of opportunities for candidates to take their exams throughout the Pacific Northwest. In addition, through a partnership network of college testing facilities, we also have the ability to offer your applicants written testing in all 50 states.
Applicants are very attracted to the PST system because they are able to test for any agency that we represent anywhere and anytime we are testing. Applicants register online, choose the testing date/location most convenient for them, participate in one written and one physical ability test and have their scores sent to one or more agencies of their choice. Applicants (and agencies) receive their written and physical ability scores on the day that they test. This one-stop-shop concept has served applicants and subscribing agencies well since 2000.
There are many robust features of our website for agency representatives. You can access your pre-tested applicant pool 24/7 via our secured website; view candidate data and test scores, and view and download a comprehensive 28-page Personal History Statement for each of your candidates. In addition, a detailed Candidate Test Performance Report is provided for each candidate showing how they performed on every dimension and sub-dimension of the written examination.
We have a demonstrated track record and a proven system which simplifies your hiring process, enhances the quality of your candidate pool, and saves your agency significant staff time and money.
COVID-19 UPDATES
5/6/2020 Update:
TESTING IN WASHINGTON STATE CANCELED THROUGH MAY 31, 2020
All pre-employment tests in Washington State have been canceled until May 31, 2020 unless government restrictions are eased. With recent updates, facility closures, and government guidelines, this step is necessary and could be modified at any time. The health and safety of our customers, our staff, and their families is of the highest priority.
We will continue to evaluate developments and make changes to this policy as necessary. When we do resume testing, there will be plenty of events for everyone to test. We are in regular communication with our public safety agency partners, assessing alternatives to the traditional testing model and our testing policies. Any future updates will be posted on the PST website and our Facebook page.
4/1/2020 Update:
If you have tested with PST in the past 12 months, there may be additional positions you are now eligible to add. Several departments have temporarily changed their testing policies due to the suspension in testing that COVID-19 has caused. Please login to your PST account and navigate to the ‘New Positions’ page to see what departments you can add! We will regularly update that page in your account as departments send updates.
FUTURE TEST REGISTRATION
We know that there will be testing in the future - we just don’t know when! We want you to be prepared for when testing begins again so we have created test events on our calendar that you can register for that will place you in a queue to be first notified. These tests are not “real” test events, they are essentially a holding area. You will be able to “reschedule” out of that event to any other event date/location at no cost. Registering now will also give you time to work on your Personal History Statement (PHS) so that your data will be ready and up-to-date to send to your departments once testing resumes.
To sign up for this placeholder event, select the June 15, 2020 test date in your category (police, fire, 911 dispatch, corrections, etc.).
You may also click on the test event of interest below to sign up:
Law Enforcement & Corrections Written and Physical Ability Test
Please check back here frequently and ‘Like’ our Facebook page to stay updated.
PST staff are working remotely and are available by email at contact@publicsafetytesting.com. We anticipate a high email volume and will respond as quickly as possible.
