NTN FrontLine Police study plan
NTN FrontLine Police · Give each week a clear focus.
8 weeks · About 7 hours per week
Video-Based Human Relations and Situational Judgment
Define and write out a personal decision hierarchy for police scenarios (protection of life, de-escalation, lawful procedure, professionalism, efficiency) and apply it to rank answer choices in 20 practice scenarios
Identify the four recurring scenario types (conflict between coworkers or public, ethical pressure, officer-safety judgment, procedural compliance) and label each of 20 prompts by type
Distinguish the single best response from merely acceptable responses by writing one sentence explaining why each rejected option fails
Practice selecting answers under a 60-second-per-question time limit to build pacing
Your checkpoint
A one-page written decision hierarchy plus a scored log of 20 answered scenarios showing the reason each chosen option beat the runner-up
Video-Based Human Relations and Situational Judgment
Analyze scenarios involving angry or hostile members of the public and select responses that de-escalate before enforcing
Evaluate scenarios testing honesty under pressure (covering for a partner, reporting a supervisor's error) and choose the response that preserves integrity and chain of command
Compare response options that differ only in tone or wording, and select the one that stays calm, specific, and non-accusatory
Review every missed scenario from Week 1 and rewrite the correct justification in your own words
Your checkpoint
A 25-question timed scenario set completed with at least 80% accuracy and a written correction note for every miss
Video-Based Human Relations and Situational Judgment & Reading Comprehension
Work through 30 mixed human-relations scenarios while tracking accuracy by scenario type to find your weakest category
Read 6 short informational passages and state the main idea in one sentence without looking back at the text
Answer detail-retrieval questions by locating and underlining the exact sentence that supports each answer
Separate statements that are directly supported by a passage from statements that are only plausible
Your checkpoint
A category-by-category accuracy table for the 30 scenarios plus a 10-question reading set scored at 80% or higher
Reading Comprehension
Practice drawing inferences from short passages and justify each inference with a quoted phrase from the text
Identify the author's purpose and tone in 10 passages and explain the wording clues that revealed it
Build a personal vocabulary list of 25 words commonly used in policy and report writing, defining each in plain language
Complete two timed reading sets back to back to build sustained concentration
Your checkpoint
Two timed reading sets (10 questions each) completed in under 12 minutes per set with at least 75% accuracy on the second set
Reading Comprehension & Writing Skills and Grammar
Summarize 8 multi-paragraph passages in two sentences each, keeping only the essential facts
Identify and correct sentence fragments, run-ons, and comma splices in 30 self-written practice sentences
Apply subject-verb agreement and pronoun-antecedent agreement rules to 25 sentences and mark the correction
Distinguish commonly confused word pairs (their/there/they're, affect/effect, then/than) in 20 fill-in items
Your checkpoint
A corrected 30-sentence error-hunting worksheet with every fix labeled by rule name
Writing Skills and Grammar
Punctuate 25 sentences correctly using commas, semicolons, apostrophes, and quotation marks, then check against a rule sheet you write yourself
Combine short choppy sentences into clear single sentences in 15 revisions without changing meaning
Write 5 short incident-style paragraphs (4-6 sentences each) using plain, direct, professional language
Edit your own 5 paragraphs for wordiness, passive voice, and vague wording, cutting at least 15% of the words
Your checkpoint
A before-and-after portfolio of 5 paragraphs with word counts showing a reduction of at least 15% and zero grammar errors on final review
Writing Skills and Grammar & Basic Mathematics
Complete 40 mixed grammar and usage questions under timed conditions and log each error by rule category
Solve ratio, proportion, and percentage problems (pay proration, staffing ratios, discount and tax) in 20 practice items
Compute averages, medians, and unit rates from small data sets and interpret which measure answers the question asked
Solve multi-step word problems by writing the operation sequence before calculating
Your checkpoint
A 20-question math set and a 20-question grammar set, each completed at 80% accuracy or better with all misses reworked
Video-Based Human Relations and Situational Judgment & Reading Comprehension & Writing Skills and Grammar & Basic Mathematics
Take two full-length timed practice exams spaced at least three days apart and record domain-level scores for each
Re-drill only the two lowest-scoring domains using your error logs from Weeks 1-7
Re-read your Week 1 decision hierarchy and confirm it still matches the reasoning behind your best answers
Simulate exam-day conditions once: no pauses, no notes, single sitting, timed strictly
Your checkpoint
Two full-length practice scores with a written one-page summary of remaining weak areas and a final-week review checklist
Milestones
Week 1: Can state your decision hierarchy from memory and explain in one sentence why any rejected option in a scenario is weaker than the answer you chose
Week 2: Score 80% or higher on a 25-question timed human-relations scenario set
Week 4: Score 75% or higher on timed reading comprehension sets and finish each set within the time limit
Week 6: Produce 5 edited paragraphs with no grammar or punctuation errors and at least 15% word reduction from first draft
Week 7: Score 80% or higher on both a 20-question grammar set and a 20-question basic math set
Week 8: Average 80% or higher across two full-length practice exams with no single domain below 70%