Police Sergeant Exam case studies
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The Police Sergeant Exam - also called the Sergeant Promotional Examination or Sergeant's Exam - is the selection instrument a law-enforcement agency uses to decide which officers are ready to move from patrol into first-line supervision. It is written for sworn officers with a few years of service who are considering, or already entered in, the promotional process. The Police Sergeant Exam case studies are 5 cases and about 4,513 words.
1The Veteran Who Arrives Late and the Probationer Watching
You are six weeks into your first sergeant assignment on a 9-officer evening shift. Officer Doyle, a 14-year veteran, has been late to roll call 7 of the last 12 shifts (6 to 19 minutes), and has twice left his beat 40 minutes early without authorization.
897 words, about 4 min2Twenty-Two Minutes for a Dog
At 2310 you review body-worn camera from a traffic stop by Officer Lane. Lane stopped a sedan for a burned-out taillight.
892 words, about 4 min3Two Minutes to Bar Closing With Seven Officers
It is 0140 Saturday. You are the evening watch sergeant with 7 officers on duty in a downtown district with four bars closing at 0200.
878 words, about 4 min4Seal 4417 Did Not Match
A detective brings you a property-room discrepancy on a residential burglary case. A latent print card, a pair of gloves, and a DNA swab were collected Tuesday.
948 words, about 5 min5Truck Into the Market
At 1015 on a Tuesday you are the first supervisor to arrive at a farmers market where a pickup truck has driven through barricades into a crowd. At least 11 people are down, two obviously critical; the truck is stopped against a produce stand about 40 feet away, engine running, driver's door open, driver gone.
898 words, about 4 min