As proprietor of a test-preparation school geared toward promotion exams in the NYPD, I wrote an article in this newspaper in December of 2006 questioning the fairness of promotion exams in the Police Department.
In response, a professional from the Department of Citywide Administrative Services wrote in a letter to the editor that “exams are developed by working very closely with a panel of Police Department Sergeants and superior officers.” And therein lies the problem. There and a few other places.
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