Interpreting Results

Understanding the Law Enforcement Personality Profile Results

It is important that the administrators of the Law Enforcement Personality Profile® understand the instrument, the benefits of using it and its limitations. It is used by college and university professors, in-service trainers, leadership and executive coaches, as well as police psychologists. You do not need a special certification to use the materials. The instructions and explanations for use are in the materials and Power-Points provided. Dr. Hennessy is more than willing to spend time to help you in using the instrument to your best advantage.

The Law Enforcement Personality Profile:

• It is well researched and normed against other cognitive instruments that measure Jungian cognitive preferences.
• It describes an individual’s preference in how they take in information and prefer to make decisions. It indicates preferences in the method, not absolutes.
• It is a self reporting and non-judgmental instrument that describes behavior. It should not predict behavior; it describes four common personalities and their usual behaviors in public safety.
• The vast majority of individuals typically agree the profile’s descriptors of their strengths are correct.
• Individual results remain confidential unless voluntarily shared.
• It can describe various strengths people bring to the profession of law enforcement and also describe possible challenges we face with each of the four personalities.
• Behavior can and does change over time and, while individuals are usually true to type or strengths of their cognitive styles, they can understand and learn to use lesser strengths as well.
• Personality and behavior is complex; results describe individual behavior but don’t explain all complexities of human motivation.

Police Personalities