How To Prepare For The Police Sergeant Examination

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.

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Your ticket to a higher score on the police officer exam Police exams are becoming increasingly difficult to pass, as law enforcement agencies are looking for the most capable officers from the candidate application pool. To help select the most qualified candidate, more than half of the departments and agencies throughout the country are following the current trend of using the National Police Officer Selection Test (POST also referred to as NPOST). Police Officer Exam For Dummies features three POST exams based on the official test, plus one New York City (NYC) exam. If you're a prospective police officer who needs to take the written exam, Police Officer Exam For Dummies gives you all the essential test preparation you need to succeed. Packed with study advice and test-taking tips, you'll get targeted instruction on everything you can expect on the actual exam. Targeted review in judgment, map reading, memory observation, and recall skills Coverage of all key subject areas 4 full-length practice officer exams with answers and detailed explanations Whether you're taking the local, county, state, or federal agency exam, this guide contains everything you need to score your highest on the exam and realize your dream of becoming a police officer.

If you would like to become a police officer in Canada, whether it be with the RCMP or any other Police Force, this book will provide you with a comprehensive step by step guide through the entire process. Becoming a police officer in Canada is extremely competitive. There are multiple exams, interviews, assessments, physical tests and reference checks all of which you need to pass to enter law enforcement. This guide is your opportunity to learn firsthand from past and present police recruiters how to successfully pass each stage in the hiring process, impress the department you are applying for and begin your career. This police preparation book is specifically designed for Canadians and is one-of-a-kind. A number of current and retired police officers in Canada have collaborated together to compile the most thorough, current, and relevant information that deals with preparing police applicants to pass each recruiting selection stage. Sgt J.T. Gilles is a former RCMP sergeant with 33 years of experience. Working as the sergeant in charge of the recruiting section, he was directly responsible for overseeing police applicants throughout the hiring process, and making final decisions on who to hire. Cst. Paul Tyler is a former police recruiter with one of the biggest city police departments in Canada who has years of experience in testing and interviewing applicants. Their experience and guidance is invaluable to those wanting to become a police officer in Canada. This book will specifically help you with: 1. Pre-Application Preparation: What to watch out for and stay away from. Learn what past behaviours are acceptable or are too much to overcome. 2. The Written Exams: Whether you are writing the RPAT, the RPAB, the PATI, the WCT, the ACT or APCAT, the SIGMA, or your police organization’s specific written exam, you will need to know how to prepare and what to study. 3. The Physical Exams: Learn the best training for the physicals test you will be taking, whether it be the PARE, POPAT, A-PREP, PREP, PAT, or your specific police organization’s physical test. You will need to know the best training techniques to achieve the best results and times. 4. The Interviews: Whether participating in a panel interview, a one on one interview, or both you need to be prepared. This book will give you a failsafe formula to not answer each question thrown at you, but to impress your interviewer with thoughtful and articulate responses. 5. The Polygraph: Learn what the polygraph examiners will be looking for when they interview, analyze, and test you. 6. Psychological Assessment: Being in the right frame of mind is crucial for this assessment. 7. Personal/Situational Assessments or Practical Exams: Yes you can prepare for these exams, despite what you have heard. Learn the do’s and don’ts when undergoing this type of testing. 8. Background/Field Investigations: Learn how to prepare and what to expect at this stage. If you work hard and know how to prepare for each of these stages, you will blow the competition away! After reading and using the advice and guidance supplied in this book, you will be in a different class then your competition, and reach your goal of becoming a Police Officer in Canada.

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.