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!

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!

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

AVAILABLE NOW! - 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!

2025 - METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY POLICE DEPARTMENT SERGEANT

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

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!

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!

2025 - METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY POLICE DEPARTMENT LIEUTENANT

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

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!

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!