In this extremely thorough prep guide Larry Jetmore reveals every element of the Sergeant Exam and shares priceless insights into things you can do to prepare yourself for top performance. Inside you will get: Tips for submitting your test application, Expert advice on strategies that will help you skillfully navigate both written AND oral elements, An explanation of scoring methodology and passing percentages and real-world insights into what the job of Sergeant actually entails, from the skills and personality strengths to the various new responsibilities you must be prepared to accept. Practice tests with explanatory answers PLUS a complete glossary of important terms and concepts.

Working as a police officer has many advantages, including job security, a good salary, and excellent benefits making for a highly competitive job market. Police Sergeant Exam provides essential test prep, while explaining how to become a police offer, and how the selection process works. It includes six complete Police Officer Exams, with full answer explanations featuring information and practice for all sections of the exam, including Reading Comprehension, Grammar, Vocabulary and Spelling, Math, Judgment, Map Reading, along with Memory and Recall.

Revised and updated to reflect current exams, this manual prepares police officers to take any of the various exams given throughout the country that qualify applicants for promotion to the rank and responsibilities of police sergeant. A diagnostic test and three full-length practice exams, along with practice review quizzes and police assessment exercises, are presented with fully explained answers. Subject review sections cover data analysis, police science, and community policing programs. Added in this edition are revised test-taking strategies and strategies for taking tests presented on video, a review in outline form of the police role in Universal Emergency Management, and related multiple-choice questions with fully explained answers.

Rated "Best of the Best" in Police Exam Prep Books by BestReviews, September 2018 This updated manual presents information, practice tests, and strategies for the different question types used by police departments throughout the country. It includes: Four full-length practice exams with all questions answered and explained Two official exams given by a large metropolitan police department Streamlining of chapters to more closely reflect the latest question types currently in use General strategies for dealing with multiple-choice questions and specific strategies for taking computer-based multiple-choice tests, as well as for taking the traditional paper/pencil multiple-choice exam All important time management strategies New reading comprehension question types, plus strategies for answering these questions An additional diagnostic exam presents questions like those that have appeared on recent entry-level exams used by police departments across the country. Also included are test-taking tips for all question types, suggested rules for effective study, and a detailed description of a police officer’s duties. Updated chapters take into account the recent trend by police departments to rely on oral interviews and computerized testing when selecting police officers.

The contents of this book are designed specifically for law enforcement officers, front-line supervisors, and managers who have reached the point in their careers where they are ready to advance their rank. The focus of this information is on the police promotional oral interview. In a majority of police agencies across the country the oral interview is both the most critical part of the promotion process and the most difficult. An officer’s performance during the oral interview is paramount because the process is highly competitive. Officers must “out-score” others also vying for promotion. This is difficult in that candidates may be competing against dozens or even hundreds of other police personnel many of whom may have greater education or more experience. The goal of this book is to provide professional law enforcement officers with a highly effective and valuable preparatory edge. This “edge” translates into real-world techniques, easy-to-apply skills, and a wealth of information on how to be distinctive and perform in an exceptional manner during the oral interview. The police officer, deputy, supervisor, or manager who utilizes the content of this unique book correctly can stand out among the other candidates, be more competitive, achieve preparatory confidence, and up their performance toward higher interview scores.

Police Promotion Preparation is dedicated to preparing police, firefighters, and corrections officers for advancement to the next level of supervision. Prepare yourself for promotion by taking advantage of this training. These techniques will enhance your chances for promotion and make you more desirable as a promotional candidate. It details specific techniques used to both develop and evaluate candidates during a promotional process. This book covers specific training in communication, academic testing, scenario-based training and interviewing. Learn the skills necessary to communicate your knowledge and preparation to an evaluator. Often, it is not a lack of skills which inhibits a candidate's chances for promotion, it is their ability to communicate the possession of those skills. Academic testing informs the reader of methods used in academic test development. It also gives the reader tools to incorporate while taking the exam. Learn the skills needed to perform better in an essay or multiple-choice testing environment. Test taking is a skill set which can be improved upon with the right technique. Scenario based evaluation is one of the key ways for an evaluator to determine a candidate's ability to respond during critical incidents in an artificial environment. Learn organization and presentation skills which put you at the top of the list. Our approach provides you with insights that improve your chances for promotion. Along with the other skills needed for promotion, learn interview techniques. Many promotional processes have an oral interview component. Police Promotion Preparation teaches you how to get as many points possible during this stage.

This practice test includes 180 multiple choice questions about Police Lieutenant Exam. The test has been carefully developed to assist you to pass your actual test. It will help you prepare for and pass your exam on the first attempt but it does not include any study guide. The book focuses only on carefully selected practice questions. Two main topics; LIEUTENANT SKILLS, and BASIC SKILLS are covered in this test. LIEUTENANT SKILLS questions focus on; #9642 Detention Procedures #9642 Monitoring & Supervising Subordinates #9642 Career Specific Knowledge BASIC SKILLS questions focus on; #9642 Basic Math #9642 Logical Reasoning #9642 Language Skills #9642 Reading Comprehension

This is the eBook of the printed book and may not include any media, website access codes, or print supplements that may come packaged with the bound book. The must-read text for criminal justice students, prospective police supervisors, and police promotional exams. Supervision of Police Personnel, Eighth Edition, offers complete coverage of the principles and practices of police supervision for leadership training of supervisors in law enforcement and allied fields. This newly updated text explores relationships involved in individual and group management methods and the practical techniques for carrying out the various responsibilities of the police supervisor. Discussions focus on real issues faced by police supervisors in interpersonal, operational, and administrative relationships. Written by experienced police officers, the text presents time-tested content that is an indispensible resource for promotional exams.

Designed in an exam format, with questions to be answered in three hours, this practice paper helps candidates prepare for their NPPF Step Two Legal Examination (formerly OSPRE® Part I). Questions are presented in the Type A exam-style and answers are fully referenced to the official syllabus in Blackstone's Police Manuals 2021.

Our Police Assessment Center Exam Training Guide (3rd Edition, 2020) was written entirely by Chief Alfred P. Donovan (ret). Chief Donovan has written Assessment Center Test exercises for dozens of Assessment Center promotional tests conducted by numerous police departments. Chief Donovan has also acted as Assessment Center Test administrator and evaluator on numerous occasions. Chief Donovan knows what types of exercises you are likely to face and he knows the response your department is looking for and he shares them with you in this manual.