NYPD Police Officer case studies
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The NYPD Police Officer exam is the written selection test used by the New York City Police Department as one step in screening candidates for the position of police officer. It is intended for people pursuing a career in law enforcement with the NYPD, including candidates with no prior police experience who are preparing to enter the hiring process. The NYPD Police Officer case studies are 5 cases and about 1,762 words.
1The Missing Radio Check
Officer Reyes begins a foot post at 2200 hours on a commercial block with four storefronts, a bank, and a parking garage entrance. Department policy requires a radio check every 30 minutes and a full status log entry at the top of each hour.
362 words, about 2 min2Witness Accounts at the Loading Dock
A warehouse loading dock reports a stolen pallet of electronics at 0145. Three witnesses give statements.
404 words, about 2 min3The Substation Door Alarm
You are a patrol officer responding to a door alarm at a utility substation at 0230. The site is a rectangle bounded by a chain-link fence on the north, a brick wall on the east, a gate on the south, and an open lot on the west.
400 words, about 2 min4The Repeat Call Address
Over three weeks, a dispatcher notices a pattern at 14 Birch Street: a noise complaint on a Tuesday at 2210, a noise complaint the following Tuesday at 2205, a welfare check on a Thursday at 0130, and a noise complaint the third Tuesday at 2215. All four calls come from the same caller, a tenant in apartment 3B.
303 words, about 2 min5The Report That Must Be Rewritten
It was determined that the subject did proceed in a northerly direction subsequent to the aforementioned observation. Contact was initiated and the subject was found to be in possession of a device consistent with the description provided.
293 words, about 1 min