NYPD Lieutenant case studies
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The NYPD Lieutenant Promotion Examination is the civil-service test that sergeants in the New York City Police Department take to be considered for promotion to lieutenant, a rank that carries platoon command, supervisory responsibility for multiple squads, and accountability for the paperwork and discipline that flow upward from sergeants. The exam is built for working supervisors, not recruits: it assumes you already run a squad and asks whether you can run a command. The NYPD Lieutenant case studies are 5 cases and about 2,862 words.
1DWI Arrest, Closed Backpack, and Refusal
At 0215 hours, a lieutenant on patrol in the 75th Precinct is called to a vehicle stop on a commercial street. An officer stopped a sedan after it crossed a double yellow line twice.
625 words, about 3 min2Union Delegate Request and Unauthorized Suspension
Lieutenant supervising a midnight platoon. Officer Ramos, 14 months on the job, has been late three times in 21 days and missed a radio run for a robbery in progress; another unit responded.
567 words, about 3 min3Suggestive Photo Identification and Withheld Case File
Four armed robberies of bodegas in the 43rd Precinct over 11 days; suspect described as male, 5'9", dark hoodie, distinct tattoo. Detective canvasses and gets a name, 'J.R.' A witness at the third robbery is shown a single photo of J.R.
589 words, about 3 min4Warrantless Home Entry and Unwarned Statement
At 2240, officers respond to a 911 call of a man with a knife chasing another man on a residential street. A neighbor points to 1287 East 92nd Street and says, 'He ran into his mother's apartment.' Officers knock; the mother opens the door, says, 'He's in the back bedroom,' and steps aside.
551 words, about 3 min5Park Stops, Missing Reports, and a FOIL Request
At a precinct community council meeting, residents complain that officers stopped 12 teenagers in a park over a weekend, handcuffed two, and took a 15-year-old's backpack. The lieutenant reviews the 12 stop reports: 4 lack a narrative of reasonable suspicion, 3 have no serial number for the officers, 2 list 'park' as the location without an address, and 5 have no disposition.
530 words, about 3 min