Jocelyn E. Roland, Ph.D., ABPP
Forensic and Clinical Psychologist
Board Certified in Police and Public Safety Psychology
Currently
Currently, she is the department psychologist for multiple public safety agencies, conducting confidential counseling as well as critical incident stress debriefings after shootings and other traumatic events to officers, dispatchers, firefighters, and other public safety personnel. These same services are provided to numerous other agencies as requested.
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She also provides consultation to executives and managers, is a member of several Crisis Negotiation Teams and assists in Peer Support/CISM Programs. She conducts pre-employment psychological evaluations for approximately 45 public safety departments. She also performs Fitness-for-duty Evaluations (FFDE) for public safety and private industry. Her forensic work has included court appointed evaluations of sanity and competency to stand trial, as well as other forensic psychological evaluations or expert testimony as requested.
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She is a member of the American Psychological Association (APA), APA's Division 18, the Society for Police and Criminal Psychology, the Association of Threat Assessment Professionals, and the International Association of Chiefs of Police Psychological Services Section.​
Dr. Jocelyn Roland
Dr. Roland received her B.A. in Psychology from Trinity College, Hartford, CT in 1988, and her Ph.D. from the California School of Professional Psychology - Los Angeles in 1992. In June, 2011 she was awarded board certification as a specialist in Police and Public Safety Psychology, by the American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP). She has been a licensed psychologist in both Arizona and California since 1994.
She began in the field as a Post-Doctoral Fellow with the Los Angeles Police Department's Behavioral Science Services Section where she remained for two years. Following, she became a Law Enforcement Psychologist with the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department (LASD) for 3 years, and was promoted to Assistant Director of the Employee Support Services Bureau where she remained for 6 ½ years until she moved to Modesto in 2004. At LASD she worked in close consultation with the Special Enforcement Bureau (SWAT), the Aero Bureau, and was one of the Department's primary threat managers.
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Dr. Roland is a member of a number of professional organizations which focus on her specialty area. She is a former President of the American Board of Police and Public Safety Psychology and is presently a Trustee of the ABPP. She is also the Treasurer of the Council of Organizations in Police Psychology. She is a Past Chair of The International Association of Chiefs of Police, Police Psychological Services Section. By remaining active in the field in a leadership role, Dr. Roland is working towards increasing respect and the reputation of Police and Public Safety Psychology as a specialized practice area.
