PTS Courses

"By taking the P.T.S. promotional courses, I moved through the ranks and scored a 99% on my Chief's exam.
The only way to prepare is with P.T.S.!"
- Chief Willam Hayes, Town of Bedford, NY Police Department.

Entrance

2025 - CITY OF YONKERS SPONSORED - YONKERS RESIDENTS ONLY - YONKERS POLICE OFFICER ENTRANCE EXAMINATION ONLINE COURSE AND ZOOM CRAM COURSE

City of Yonkers - Yonkers Police  Department Sponsored Course

This course is available at no cost to all City of Yonkers residents who are registered with Yonkers Civil Service to take the written examination for Police Officer on September 20, 2025 (Exam # 60-038290). 

Once registered, the Yonkers resident will have immediate access to the P.T.S. asynchronous online course that contains a Welcome Session and three (3) numbered sessions, with each containing audio presentations, instructional documents and practice questions specifically designed to prepare students to maximize their individual score on the Yonkers Police Officer Entrance Examination being held on September 20, 2025. 

Most specifically, the course materials and instructions prepare students in the following subject matter examination areas: 

  • SITUATIONAL JUDGMENT
  • LANGUAGE FLUENCY
  • INFORMATION ORDERING & LANGUAGE SEQUENCING
  • PROBLEM SENSITIVITY & REASONING
  • SELECTIVE ATTENTION
  • VISUALIZATION
  • SPATIAL ORIENTATION

Additionally, registration will provide each enrolled Yonkers resident with access to the six (6) hour live Zoom CRAM Course instruction covering these same subject matter areas.  This live Zoom CRAM Course will also be video recorded, and this recording will also be made available to all enrolled Yonkers residents. 

The date of the live Zoom CRAM is Sunday, August 24, 2025, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.  The course materials for this Zoom CRAM will likewise consist of instructional documents and practice questions specifically designed and compiled to prepare students to maximize their individual score on the Yonkers Police Officer Entrance Examination being held on September 20, 2025.  

The online asynchronous course written materials and the live Zoom CRAM course materials will be provided via electronic delivery inside the P.T.S. account created by each Yonkers resident enrolled in this 2025 CITY OF YONKERS – YONKERS RESIDENTS ONLY POLICE OFFICER ENTRNANCE EXAMINATION ONLINE COURSE AND ZOOM CRAM COURSE. 

Entrance

2025 - Law Enforcement (Police Officer & Deputy Sheriff) Entrance

Police Officer & Deputy Sheriff (Law Enforcement) Entrance Examination Course

The P.T.S. Law Enforcement (Police Officer & Deputy Sheriff) Entrance Examination Course includes Techniques for Answering Civil Service Examination Questions and Practice Questions with Answers and Lectures covering:

  • SITUATIONAL JUDGMENT
  • LANGUAGE FLUENCY
  • INFORMATION ORDERING & LANGUAGE SEQUENCING
  • PROBLEM SENSITIVITY & REASONING
  • SELECTIVE ATTENTION
  • VISUALIZATION
  • SPATIAL ORIENTATION

AVAILABLE NOW - This statewide law enforcement (local County, City, Town, and Village Departments and N.Y.S. Park and University Police Departments) entrance course has been developed from the “official” exam announcement to ensure that the P.T.S. Police Officer & Deputy Sheriff Entrance Examination Course will be on target!  This is a three (3) session (asynchronus) online course with more than a hundred practice questions and more than three (3) hours of audio instruction.  This course and all material posted within the sessions will remain available through the 2025 state-wide law enforcement entrance examinations.  As always, P.T.S. students will be at the top of the list!

Available Cram Sessions

POLICE OFFICER / DEPUTY SHERIFF (LAW ENFORCEMENT) ENTRANCE EXAMINATION

(scheduled for September 20, 2025)

 

5+ HOURS OF RECORDINGS OF THE ONE-DAY LIVE CRAM COURSE SESSION.

 

ALL COURSE WRITTEN MATERIALS WILL BE DELIVERED VIA OVERNIGHT COURIER (FEDEX).  

 

Course instruction and materials will include: 

TECHNIQUES, REASONING & SKILLS EXERCISES, SUPER MINI-QUIZZER

- and -

SUBJECT MATTER AREA BREAKDOWNS & HUNDREDS OF PRACTICE QUESTIONS

that comprehensively cover the

STATE-WIDE LAW ENFORCEMENT ENTRANCE WRITTEN TEST

designed to evaluate your knowledge, skills, and abilities in the following areas:

 

 SITUATIONAL JUDGMENT

 

LANGUAGE FLUENCY

 

INFORMATION ORDERING & LANGUAGE SEQUENCING

 

PROBLEM SENSITIVITY & REASONING

 

SELECTIVE ATTENTION

 

VISUALIZATION

 

SPATIAL ORIENTATION

 

Cram Course Tuition: $225

 

VIDEO RECORDINGS OF THE AUGUST 24, 2025 ONLINE ZOOM CRAM COURSE WITH FEDEX DELIVERY OF THE COURSE WRITTEN MATERIALS TO PREPARE CANDIDATES FOR THEIR UPCOMING (SEPTEMBER 20TH) LAW ENFORCEMENT (POLICE OFFICER / DEPUTY SHERIFF) ENTRANCE EXAMINATION

Entrance

2025 - NEW YORK CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT POLICE OFFICER ENTRANCE

N.Y.P.D. Police Officer Entrance Examination Course

The P.T.S. N.Y.P.D. Police Officer Entrance Examination Online Course includes an Introductory Session with written and physical agility examination information, the P.T.S. Techniques for Answering Civil Service Examination Questions, and attendant audio presentations.  This four (4) session course contains subject matter breakdowns and techniques, numerous practice questions and explained answers, and audio lectures covering:

  • DEDUCTIVE REASONING
  • INDUCTIVE REASONING
  • INFORMATION ORDERING
  • MEMORIZATION
  • PROBLEM SENSITIVITY
  • SPATIAL ORIENTATION
  • VISUALIZATION
  • WRITTEN COMPREHENSION
  • WRITTEN EXPRESSION

AVAILABLE NOW - This N.Y.P.D. Police Officer online entrance examination preparation course has been developed from the “official” exam announcement to ensure that this course will be on target!  This is an asynchronus (complete at your own pace) online course with techniques, practice questions, and audio instruction for each of the examination's subject matter areas. This course and all material posted within the sessions will remain available through the administration of the 2025 N.Y.P.D. Police Officer entrance examinations.  As always, P.T.S. students will be at the top of the list!

Entrance

2025 - CITY OF ALBANY SPONSORED - ALBANY POLICE OFFICER ENTRANCE EXAMINATION ONLINE COURSE AND ZOOM CRAM COURSE RECORDINGS

City of Albany - Albany Police  Department Sponsored Course

This course is available to only those who are registered with Albany Civil Service to take the City of Albany Police Department written examination for Police Officer on September 20, 2025. 

Once registered, Albany Police Officer candidates will have immediate access to the P.T.S. asynchronous online course that contains a Welcome Session and three (3) numbered sessions, with each containing audio presentations, instructional documents and practice questions specifically designed to prepare students to maximize their individual score on the Albany Police Officer Entrance Examination being held on September 20, 2025. 

Most specifically, the course materials and instructions prepare students in the following subject matter examination areas: 

  • SITUATIONAL JUDGMENT
  • LANGUAGE FLUENCY
  • INFORMATION ORDERING & LANGUAGE SEQUENCING
  • PROBLEM SENSITIVITY & REASONING
  • SELECTIVE ATTENTION
  • VISUALIZATION
  • SPATIAL ORIENTATION

Additionally, this special Albany Police Officer candidates offering will include Zoom CRAM Course recordings and materials that will become available on September 3, 2025.

Sergeant

2025 - SERGEANT / FIRST-LINE SUPERVISOR / CRIMINAL INVESTIGATOR

Sergeant/First-Line Supervisor/Investigator Promotional Examination Course

The P.T.S. Sergeant/First-Line Supervisor/Investigator Course includes the P.T.S. Digests, Practice Questions with Answers and Audio Lectures covering:

  • SUPERVISION OF POLICE PERSONNEL
    Iannone’s Seventh, Eighth & Ninth Editions (and other authoritative sources)
  • NEW YORK CRIMINAL JUSTICE LAWS & STATUTES
    Penal Law, Criminal Procedure Law, Family Court Act, Vehicle & Traffic Law and
    New York State Court of Appeals and United States Supreme Court Decisions
  • LAW ENFORCEMENT METHODS & PRACTICES
    New York State Manual for Police (and modern criminalistics and tactical sources)
  • READING COMPREHENSION
    Paragraph Rearrangement, Sentence Coherence, Reasoning, Judgment and
    Interpretive Preparation of Written Materials in a Police Setting

CLOSED OUT - This 15 session course is designed to prepare Police Officers, Detectives and Investigators for their upcoming First-Line Supervisor and/or Criminal Investigator Examinations. This course will contain written materials, practice questions and audio instruction in all of the subject matter areas that will appear on the Sergeant and Criminal Investigator Examinations. This course and all material posted within the sessions will remain available through the date of the May/June 2025 Sergeant/First-Line Supervisor/Investigator Examinations.  As always, this P.T.S. Course will be on target!

Sergeant

2025 - METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY POLICE DEPARTMENT SERGEANT

2025 M.T.A. P.D. Sergeant Course Sessions:

 

July 13, 2025

 

WELCOME SESSION

(asynchronous - self paced)

 

Course and Exam Scope Introduction and Techniques and Strategies to Best Prepare for Open and Closed Book Multiple Choice Exams

 

July 20, 2025

 

SESSION #1

(asynchronous - self paced)

 

Statutory Law and Related DM Procedures:

Criminal Procedure Law

Penal Law

Family Court Act

Vehicle & Traffic Law

NYCRRs

Ancillary Statutes

 

July 27, 2025

 

SESSION #2

(asynchronous - self paced)

 

Juvenile Offender Handbook

Connecticut LEO Field Manual – The Original Red Book

Related Department Manual Sections

 

August 3, 2025

 

SESSION #3

(asynchronous - self paced)

 

Selected Law Enofrcement Practices  Department Manual Sections

 

September 21, 2025

10:00 a.m. to 4 p.m

 

CRAM SESSION

(via live six hour Zoom webinar that will be recorded)

 

Leaders Eat Last

REVIEW, REVIEW, REVIEW

 

AVAILABLE NOW! - This 5 session course is designed to prepare M.T.A. Police Officers for their upcoming Sergeant Examination.  This course will contain written materials, practice questions and audio instruction and all material within each posted session will remain available through the date of the M.T.A. Sergeant Examination.  As always, this P.T.S. Course will be on target!

Lieutenant & Captain

2025 - LIEUTENANT & CAPTAIN / SECOND & THIRD-LINE SUPERVISOR

Lieutenant & Captain /Second & Third-Line Promotional Examination Course

The P.T.S. Lieutenant & Captain/Second & Third-Line Course includes the P.T.S. Digests, Practice Questions with Answers and Audio Lectures covering:

• SUPERVISION OF POLICE PERSONNEL & ADMINISTRATION
Iannone’s Seventh, Eighth & Ninth Editions (and other authoritative sources) and principles and practices for organizational management, including directing subordinate supervisors and interactions between an upper-level supervisor and subordinate supervisors in the accomplishment of objectives
• NEW YORK CRIMINAL JUSTICE LAWS & STATUTES 
Penal Law, Criminal Procedure Law, Family Court Act, Vehicle & Traffic Law and
New York State Court of Appeals and United States Supreme Court Decisions
• LAW ENFORCEMENT METHODS & PRACTICES
New York State Manual for Police (and modern criminalistics and tactical sources)
• READING COMPREHENSION
Paragraph Rearrangement, Sentence Coherence, Reasoning, Judgment and
Interpretive Preparation of Written Materials in a Police Setting

AVAILABLE NOW - This 9 session course is designed to prepare candidates for the difficult and advanced questions that will appear on the Second & Third-Line Supervisor Examination. This course contains written materials, practice questions and audio instruction covering the subject matter areas that will appear on the advanced promotional examinations. This course and all material posted within the sessions will remain available through the date of the Fall 2025 Lieutenant & Captain / Second & Third-Line Supervisor Promotional Examinations.  As always, this P.T.S. Course will be on target!

Available Cram Sessions

P.T.S. Announces Our “On-Target” One-Day Live

CRAM COURSE SESSIONS

for the upcoming

LIEUTENANT & CAPTAIN / SECOND & THIRD-LINE SUPERVISOR EXAMINATIONS 

(Exams Scheduled for October 18, 2025)

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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26TH

Irish American Center

297 Willis Avenue  

Mineola, N.Y. 11501

(NASSAU COUNTY)

CLASS TIMES: 10:00 AM TO 4:00 PM - DOORS OPEN AT: 9:00 AM

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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27TH

Pace University Haub Law School

78 North Broadway  

White Plains, N.Y. 10603

(WESTCHESTER COUNTY)

CLASS TIMES: 10:00 AM TO 4:00 PM - DOORS OPEN AT: 9:00 AM

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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 28TH 

 

VIA ZOOM

 

LIVE ZOOM CLASS TIMES: 10 AM TO 4:00 PM 

 

 Course material will be delivered VIA OVERNIGHT COURIER (FEDEX) in advance of the Live Online Zoom.

Only one live session should be attended and the recordings of this Zoom will be made available to ALL CRAM COURSE students.

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Our CRAM COURSE materials will include BREAKDOWNS, CHARTS, EXERCISES, and THE P.T.S. POINTS TO REMEMBER!

 

SUPERVISION OF POLICE PERSONNEL

 

STATUTORY AND CASE LAW
Penal Law, Criminal Procedure Law, Family Court Act, Vehicle and Traffic Law, Ancillary Statutes and U.S. Supreme Court and N.Y. Court of Appeals Decisions

LAW ENFORCEMENT METHODS & PRACTICES 


READING INTERPRETATION


EVALUATING INFORMATION AND EVIDENCE



Cram Course Tuition:
$150 FOR STUDENTS ENROLLED IN THE FULL ONLINE 15-SESSION COURSE.

(P.T.S. online course students must be logged into their account to receive the reduced pricing.)
$350 FOR THOSE WHO ARE NOT ENROLLED IN THE 15-SESSION COURSE.

* Police Training Specialists since 1968 *

 

 

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26TH - 10 A.M. TO 4 P.M. LIEUTENANT & CAPTAIN EXAMS CRAM COURSE at the Irish American Center, 297 Willis Avenue Mineola, N.Y. 11501

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27TH - 10 A.M. TO 4 P.M. LIEUTENANT & CAPTAIN EXAMS CRAM COURSE at Pace University Haub Law School 78 North Broadway White Plains, New York 10603

Sun, Sep 28, 2025 10:00 AM - SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 28TH - 10 A.M. TO 4 P.M. LIEUTENANT & CAPTAIN EXAMS CRAM COURSE LIVE VIA ZOOM with printed material delivered via FedEx

Lieutenant & Captain

2025 - METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY POLICE DEPARTMENT LIEUTENANT

2025 M.T.A. P.D. Lieutenant Course Sessions:

 

July 13, 2025

 

WELCOME SESSION

(asynchronous - self paced)

 

Course and Exam Scope Introduction and Techniques and Strategies to Best Prepare for Open and Closed Book Multiple Choice Exams

 

July 20, 2025

 

SESSION #1

(asynchronous - self paced)

 

Statutory Law and Related DM Procedures:

Criminal Procedure Law

Penal Law

Family Court Act

Vehicle & Traffic Law

NYCRRs

Ancillary Statutes

 

July 27, 2025

 

SESSION #2

(asynchronous - self paced)

 

Juvenile Offender Handbook

Connecticut LEO Field Manual – The Original Red Book

Related Department Manual Sections

 

August 3, 2025

 

SESSION #3

(asynchronous - self paced)

 

In-Basket Exercises

Selected Law Enofrcement Practices  Department Manual Sections

 

August 10, 2025

10:00 a.m. to 4 p.m.

 

CRAM SESSION

(via live six hour Zoom webinar that will be recorded)

 

Leaders Eat Last

Leadership Competencies

Written Work Sample Test

Oral Work Sample Test

REVIEW, REVIEW, REVIEW

 

AVAILABLE NOW! - This 5 session course is designed to prepare M.T.A. Sergeants for their upcoming Lieutenant Examinations (written and oral).  This course will contain written materials, practice questions and audio instruction and all material within each posted session will remain available through the date of the M.T.A. Lieutenant Examinations.  As always, this P.T.S. Course will be on target!

CRAM COURSE ONLY OPTION IS ALSO NOW AVAILABLE!  Click on REGISTER NOW to see the enrollment options.

Chief

2025 - POLICE CHIEF & ASSISTANT CHIEF

Police Chief/Assistant Chief Promotional Examination Course

The P.T.S. Police Chief/Assistant Chief Course includes the P.T.S. Digests, Practice Questions with Answers and Audio Lectures covering:

• SUPERVISION OF POLICE PERSONNEL
Iannone's Supervision of Police Personnel (and other authoritative sources)
• NEW YORK CRIMINAL JUSTICE LAWS & STATUTES
Penal Law, Criminal Procedure Law, Family Court Act, Vehicle & Traffic Law and
New York State Court of Appeals and United States Supreme Court Decisions
• LAW ENFORCEMENT METHODS & PRACTICES
New York State Manual for Police (and modern criminalistics and tactical sources)
• READING COMPREHENSION
Paragraph Rearrangement, Sentence Coherence, Reasoning, Judgment and
Interpretive Preparation of Written Materials in a Police Setting
• ADMINISTRATIVE POLICE SUPERVISION & ADMINISTRATION
Executive level processes and methods 
• JOB SIMULATION EXERCISES IN POLICE ADMINISTRATION AND COMMAND
In-Basket and Situational Decision Making Exercises

CLOSED OUT - This online course for the March, 2025 Police Chief/Assistant Chief Promotional Examination will contain the materials and audio instruction from the online 2024 Lieutenant & Captain/Second & Third-Line Course together with materials and instruction specific to the Police Administration, Administrative Police Supervision and Job Simulation Exercises In Police Administration and Command questions, which are unique to the Police Chief/Assistant Chief Promotional Examinations.  This course and all material posted within the sessions will remain available through the date of the 2025 Police Chief & Assistant Chief examinations.  As always, this P.T.S. Course will be on target!