70-472
PROMOTIONAL
EXAMINATION
POLICE SERGEANT (COUNTY)
http://www.suffolkcountyny.gov/Departments/Civil-Service
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LAST FILING DATE: APRIL 14, 2021
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WRITTEN TEST DATE: JUNE 5, 2021
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COUNTY ANNUAL
SALARY $148,953
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UNGRADED
SPECIFICATION # 5003
APPLICATION PROCESSING FEE and FEE WAIVER
The application processing fee is $125.
Application may be made via the internet at www.suffolkcountyny.gov/Departments/Civil-Service. Payment must be made by VISA or MasterCard
credit card and there will be an additional convenience fee of $1.95. An acknowledgement of receipt of application
will be sent to all internet applicants via e-mail. The application processing fee is non-refundable
and non-transferable.
The application
processing fee may be waived for Suffolk County residents who are
veterans, auxiliary police, members in good standing of a local fire district
or ambulance company and volunteer CERT members. Internet applicants should complete the
“Request for Application Fee Waiver and Certification” form online. All claims for application fee waiver are
subject to verification.
DURATION OF ELIGIBLE LIST
The eligible list generated from this
examination will be established on November
17, 2021 and will remain in effect for TWO
YEARS. This eligible list will
expire on November 16, 2023 and
shall not be extended. ALL candidates
taking this examination do so with this understanding.
DUTIES
Supervises the police work of subordinates
and performs specialized duties as assigned by officers of higher rank. Does related work as required.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
To be eligible, a candidate must now be
serving and have served on a continuous basis with permanent or contingent
permanent competitive status as a Suffolk County Police Officer or Suffolk
County Police Officer (Spanish Speaking) for at least three (3) years
immediately preceding the written examination date.
SCOPE OF THE EXAMINATION
The written test will consist of
two parts:
Part I. The
scope of this part of the examination will be designed to cover knowledge,
skills and/or abilities in such areas as:
1.
Law
enforcement methods and practices;
2.
New
York State Laws – Police;
3.
Supervision;
4.
Understanding
and interpreting written material;
5.
Preparing
written material in a police setting.
Note: The
use of calculators is prohibited for this examination.
Note: A
Guide for the Written Test for Police Supervisors/Investigators is available at
the New York State Department of Civil Service website: www.cs.ny.gov/testing/testguides.cfm.
Part
II: The scope of this part of the
examination will cover the Manual of Rules and Procedures, issued by the
Suffolk County Police Department. Part
II will consist of 25 items worth .16 points each for a maximum possible score
of 4.0 on this part. The items will be
drawn from a pool of items, which have been prepared by the Suffolk County
Police Department. This pool of items
will be released to all potential candidates in this competition by the Suffolk
County Police Department prior to the examination date. Candidates who attain a
passing score (70.00 or higher) on Part I of this written test will have their
scores increased by .16 points for each item answered correctly on Part II to
yield the total written test score.
Candidates who attain a failing score (less than 70.00) on Part I of the
written test will receive no credit at all for Part II of the written
test. There will be no review of the
questions contained in Part II by the candidates.
For candidates passing Part I of the
written test, the final score for this examination will consist of the combined
scores for Part I and Part II plus seniority points and veteran’s credits if
applicable; for candidates failing Part I, the final score will consist of the
Part I score only.
NOTES
1.
Should
it become necessary to amend any part of this announcement, the Department of
Human Resources, Personnel and Civil Service reserves the right to make such
amendment on the Department’s web page without notification to applicants. The most current copy of this announcement is
available during the filing period at www.suffolkcountyny.gov/Departments/Civil-Service.
2. An Expanded Description of the examination subtests is available at: www.suffolkcountyny.gov/Departments/Civil-Service.
3.
Candidates
who apply for this examination and who have not heard from the Suffolk County Department
of Human Resources, Personnel and Civil Service by June 2, 2021 are
advised to contact the Department before the written test date at (631)
853-5500.
4.
You
can view your room assignment and exam site on our home page at www.suffolkcountyny.gov/Departments/Civil-Service
under “Candidate Exam Room Assignment Search” seven days prior to the
examination date.
N.Y.S.
DATE
PREPARED: March 8, 2021
GENERAL CONDITIONS
PROMOTIONAL ANNOUNCEMENT
1.
Application
may be made using the Suffolk County Application for Promotional Examination
(Form CS-203).
2.
Applicants
may complete a “Request for Application Fee Waiver and Certification” form and
submit it with Form CS-203.
3.
Unless
otherwise stated, candidates must meet the minimum qualifications by the date
of the written test, or last filing date in the case of training and experience
evaluations. Unless otherwise stated, part-time experience will be pro-rated.
4.
Candidates
found ineligible to compete in the written examination may appeal to the
Department of Human Resources, Personnel and Civil Service for reconsideration
prior to the last filing date appearing on this announcement. Appeals received on or after the last filing
date will not be considered.
5.
Candidates
who fail the examination, or who fail to appear for the examination as
scheduled, will be eliminated from further consideration for purposes of this
competition. Unless otherwise specified,
the final rank order of the eligible list will be determined on the basis of
the scores received on the written test, plus seniority and veterans' credits
where appropriate.
6.
Eligible
applicants will be notified when and where to appear for examination. If an
application is rejected, due notice will be sent.
7.
Unless
specifically prohibited by the examination instructions, candidates are
permitted to use quiet, hand-held, solar or battery-powered calculators. Devices with typewriter keyboards,
spell-checkers, personal digital assistants, address books, language
translators, dictionaries and any similar devices are prohibited.
8.
Eligible
lists resulting from promotional examinations are only certified to the
jurisdiction in which a candidate is employed. In accordance with Section 52 of
the Civil Service Law, for county service, first consideration in appointment
will be given to employees in the department where a vacancy occurs after which
appointments will be made from the general eligible list.
9.
When
an examination is prepared and rated by the Suffolk County Department of Human
Resources, Personnel and Civil Service, the provisions of the Suffolk County
Civil Service Rules dealing with the rating of examination will apply.
10.
When
the examination is prepared and rated by the New York State Department of Civil
Service in accordance with Section 23-2 of the Civil Service Law, the
provisions of the New York State Civil Service Rules and Regulations which deal
with the rating of examination will apply.
11.
The
eligible list established as a result of this examination will remain in force
for at least one year and may be extended by the Department of Human Resources,
Personnel and Civil Service for a maximum of four years. Changing conditions may make it necessary to
certify to future vacancies at higher or lower salaries than those announced.
12.
Information
regarding eligibility for veterans' credits appears on the promotional
application form.
13.
For
each six months of continuous permanent competitive service within the
jurisdiction, to a maximum of 20 years, .10 credits for seniority will be added
to the scores of passing candidates only.
14.
Inquiries
may be made as to character and ability and all statements made by candidates
are subject to verification. Some
employers may require the candidate to be fingerprinted and to pass a
background investigation.
15.
Candidates
must be medically, physically and psychologically capable of performing the
duties of the job. Candidates who are
appointed to positions in the Suffolk County service may be required to pass
qualifying medical and/or physical and/or psychological evaluations.
16.
Saturday
Sabbath Observers and handicapped persons:
If special arrangements for testing are required, indicate this on your
application.
17.
No
smoking is permitted in the building or on the grounds of the examination site.
18.
If
you will be on active military duty with the armed forces of the United States
on the date of this test, please contact the Department of Human Resources,
Personnel and Civil Service before the last filing date appearing on this
announcement for alternate test date information.
19.
Multiple
Examinations Scheduled for the Same Date:
If you have applied to take a written test announced by either one or
several local jurisdictions (county, towns, city) scheduled to be held on the same
test date as this written test, you must notify each of the local jurisdictions
no later than two weeks before the test date, so they can make arrangements for
taking all test at one test site. All
examinations for positions in State government will be held at a State
examination center. If you have any
questions please call the Suffolk County Department of Human Resources,
Personnel and Civil Service at (631) 853-5500.
20.
For
information regarding a weather-related cancellation of this examination, please
refer to our website at www.suffolkcountyny.gov/Departments/Civil-Service
click on the “Weather-Related Exam Cancellations” link. Civil Service Announcements are shown at the
bottom of that page. The following
stations will broadcast notice of cancellation:
WALK
PATCHOGUE 97.5 FM
WBAB
BABYLON 102.3
FM
WBLI BABYLON 106.1
FM
WLNG
SAG HARBOR 92.1 FM
WBZO FARMINGDALE 103.1 FM
WRCN
MEDFORD 103.9
FM
NEWS
12 LONG ISLAND TV CHANNEL 12 website: www.news12.com
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