BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

PAUL PATTI

Career highlights: Enforcement Officer, Supervisor and Commander; 1975 – 2003

B.A. in Criminal Justice, Florida Atlantic University.

Graduate of the 10-week Command Officer’s Development Course, University of Louisville, KY

Owner and President of Police Career and Promotion Testing Services, Police Promotion.com and Police Career.com, specializing in law enforcement employment and promotion testing and

career counseling.

Paul has over 27 years of law enforcement experience in southeast Florida, from 1975 –

2003, retiring as a Lieutenant with the Lake Worth Police Department in Palm Beach County.

His law enforcement experience includes 17 years as a department commander, Police

Firearms and Academy Instructor, Training Supervisor, Patrol Commander, SWAT Commander, Criminal Investigations Commander, Acting Chief of Police, Acting Deputy Chief of Police, and many other department enforcement and management assignments.

Paul spent many years (1984 – 1989) as the police department’s supervisor and manager in

charge of Personnel, responsible for testing, interviewing, investigating and hiring new

officers. During this time Paul revamped and streamlined the hiring process and created a validated police department entry level exam, an all new structured panel interview process with

validated questions, and a new policies and procedures manual for Personnel and Training.

He also helped to write and was in charge of developing and implementing a new policy and

procedures manual for the agency.

Since 1985, Paul has led his own company, Police Career and Promotion Testing Services,

specializing in police entry-level and promotional test preparation, career counseling and individual and group test preparation classes.

Since 2006, Paul has joined together with Dr. Linsey Willis, SPHR, President, L.J. Craig & Associates, Inc. to offer professional written exams and assessment center processes based on the Guidelines and Ethical Considerations for Assessment Center Operations.

Paul is also a three-time published mystery novelist, and has published numerous

magazine articles and special features in the law enforcement field.