Management Services
First Line Leadership Assessment Center
In 2008 WASCOP members authorized the development of an Assessment Center (AC) to screen candidates for promotion to First Line Supervisor (FLS). The WASCOP Management Services Committee worked to identify the qualities Wyoming agencies desired in first line supervisors for their agencies. These qualities, or dimensions, were then defined and performance examples identified. This list of dimensions was presented to the membership for them to identify which were most important to their agency and a master list of 12 dimensions was identified. WASCOP contracted for the development of instruments to assess these dimensions, trained the Management Services Committee members as the first team of assessors, and beta tested and refined the new instruments. Beginning in June 2010 WASCOP began offering the Assessment Center to agencies in the state. The assessment center can be, and has been, used to assess candidates for promotion to first line supervisor positions in patrol, detention, and communications. Assessors are experienced law enforcement leaders who receive 30 hours of training on the use of the instruments and then participate as an observer in a live assessment before becoming an active assessor. WASCOP now has 17 assessors distributed regionally around the state.
In 2018 the WASCOP Management Services committee worked to update the original instruments to address current trends in LE leadership and create new instruments. This version went live in 2020. The 2018 version assesses 9 leadership dimensions
identified by WASCOP membership.
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Mid-Level Manager Assessment Center
In 2012 WASCOP members authorized the development of a second assessment center to screen candidates for promotion to Mid-Level Management (MLM) positions. This project was completed in a similar fashion and the first line assessment center. The MLM assesses 8 dimensions specific to command level managers. Assessors for the MLM consist of Command level personnel with extensive experience in delivering the FLS assessment center. The first MLM was offered in 2014 and continues to be used around the state. WASCOP now has 6 assessors for the MLM distributed around the state.