Are police not given mental health tests before being hired?

[Puffnstuff]

Here in Jacksonville, FL the entire county is the city and the police department is the sheriff's department. I've met all different kinds of people in law enforcement here and there's quite a mix in education, experience and attitudes just to name a few things. The biggest draw to work for this city is that they pay 100% retirement to their police and fire department employees.

 

[WHAMPOM]

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/nat...k-threat-dallas-woman-child-article-1.2705351



This is just a part of the article but it screams.. where is the professionalism? Good thing it's not all cops and he was fired for it. However how did this person ever get to be a cop with a looney bin mind in the first place?

Are they not given mental health tests?

Ya mean the tie your own shoes and "How many fingers am I holding up?" test? They usually get a cheat sheet before the test.