MA Police Lieutenant case studies
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The Massachusetts Police Lieutenant Promotional Examination is a civil service selection instrument used to establish eligibility lists for promotion to lieutenant in participating municipal police departments. It is written for sworn officers who already hold rank and are preparing to move into a position that shifts the job from supervising a shift to managing supervisors, shaping policy, and answering for a unit's performance. The MA Police Lieutenant case studies are 5 cases and about 3,266 words.
1The Sergeant With Nine Sick Calls and a Pending IOD Claim
You are the newly appointed lieutenant in a 62-sworn Massachusetts department. Sergeant D., a 14-year veteran, has nine sick occurrences in six months, seven on Friday or Saturday night shifts.
635 words, about 3 min2The Traffic Stop With Legal Marijuana and a Juvenile Passenger
you are riding with a probationary officer when she stops a Camry for a defective plate light. The driver is 18 and licensed; the passenger is 16 and has no ID.
713 words, about 4 min3Barricaded Subject in a Three-Decker
dispatch sends you to a 12-unit three-decker for a 911 hang-up. A woman outside says her 34-year-old son, who has schizophrenia, locked himself in a third-floor bedroom with a shotgun and fired one round into the ceiling.
688 words, about 3 min4The SAFE Kit and the Missing Text Messages
You are the detective lieutenant reviewing a sexual assault case two days before arraignment. The victim reported a stranger assault; a SAFE kit was collected 38 hours after the report.
618 words, about 3 min5The Encampment, the Business Association, and 47 Calls
Over 30 days, dispatch logs 47 calls about a downtown park: 19 noise, 11 welfare checks, 8 needles, 5 fights, 4 public urination. About 12 people are sleeping there; two have outstanding warrants, one is a veteran, and three have been referred to a shelter that reports no beds.
612 words, about 3 min