NYPD Sergeant case studies

NYPD Sergeant · Put your knowledge to work in context.

The NYPD Sergeant Promotional Examination is the civil service test used by the City of New York to establish an eligible list for promotion from Police Officer to Sergeant within the New York City Police Department. It is open only to qualifying members of service who meet the experience and eligibility requirements set by the NYC Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS). The NYPD Sergeant case studies are 5 cases and about 4,671 words.

The Backpack in the Honda: Consent, Containers, and a Juvenile Passenger

At 2310 hours you are the patrol supervisor in a precinct when a sector officer broadcasts that he has stopped a 2015 Honda that ran a red light at a four-way intersection. The car has four occupants, ages 16, 18, 19, and 19.

973 words, about 5 min 2

Fire Escape, Seven-Inch Knife: Command Decisions Before ESU Arrives

At 0310 hours on a Tuesday in November you respond as the patrol supervisor to a six-story apartment building. A 19-year-old man diagnosed with schizophrenia has climbed onto the fourth-floor fire escape, is holding a seven-inch kitchen knife, and has cut his left forearm.

954 words, about 5 min 3

The Burglary Folder: A Suggestive Photo Array and a DVR That Erases in Thirty Days

Over 23 days there have been six residential burglaries in a 12-block area, all between 0900 and 1300, all with forced rear doors and jewelry and small electronics taken. Video from a corner bodega shows a male in a gray hooded sweatshirt carrying a duffel bag eleven minutes after the fourth burglary.

904 words, about 5 min 4

Eleven Sick Days, a Fishing Boat, and a Pending CCRB Complaint

Officer Ruiz has six years on the job. Since January 1 he has taken eleven unscheduled sick days; seven fall on a Monday, a Friday, or the day before or after his regular days off.

920 words, about 5 min 5

The Doorway, the Walker, and Fourteen Calls in Thirty Days

Over the past 30 days there have been 14 calls to a hardware store on a commercial avenue about a 54-year-old man who sleeps in the store's recessed doorway, leaves belongings there, and shouts at customers. He has refused shelter placement three times, has two prior arrests for trespass and one for disorderly conduct, and has an open, pending trespass case.

920 words, about 5 min