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| About This Book |
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PART 1 THE ROAD TO LANDING AJOB AS A POLICE OFFICER |
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Chapter 1 Signing Up, Getting Screened, and Other Prep Work |
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Starting with the Notice of Examination (NOE) |
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Completing a Job Application |
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Rounding up required info and paperwork |
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Understanding what will get you disqualified |
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National Police Officer Selection Test (POST) |
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New York City Police Officer's Entrance Exam |
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Adding the Law Enforcement Essay Exam |
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Completing the Personal History Statement |
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Passing the Physical Ability Test (PAT) |
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Making a Dynamite Impression during the Oral Board Interview |
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Undergoing the Medical and Psychological Evaluations |
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What if I Get Eliminated during the Screening Process? |
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Chapter 2 Taking a Closer Look at the Police Officer Tests |
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Knowing What You're Up Against on the Written Test |
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The structure of the National Police Officer Selection Test (POST) |
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The structure of the New York City (NYC) Police Officer's Entrance Exam |
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Getting the Lowdown on the Other Police Officer Tests |
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The physical ability test (PAT) |
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The psychological evaluation |
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PART 2 BREAKING DOWN THE NATIONAL POLICE OFFICER SELECTION TEST (POST) AND THE NYC TEST |
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Chapter 3 Solving Basic Math Questions on the POST |
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What Do Math Questions Look Like? |
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Picking an Answer if You Don't Know It |
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Chapter 4 Reading Between the Lines: Reading Comprehension |
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Comprehending the Reading Comprehension Section on the POST |
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Practice Questions for the POST Reading Comprehension Section |
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Examining the Reading Comprehension Questions on the New York City Test |
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Written comprehension passages |
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Information ordering passages |
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Inductive reasoning passages |
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Deductive reasoning passages |
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Problem sensitivity questions |
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Practice Questions for the NYC Reading Comprehension Section |
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Chapter 5 Expressing Yourself with Proper Grammar, Punctuation, and Spelling |
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Choosing the correct verb tense |
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Watching out for subject-verb agreement |
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Picking the correct pronoun |
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Using the right adjective |
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Identifying complete sentences and fragments |
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Excelling at Spelling Questions |
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Practice Grammar and Spelling Questions |
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Chapter 6 Stretching Your Memory and Visualization Skills |
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Getting the Lowdown on Memory and Observation Questions on the NYC Test |
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Digging deep for memorization questions |
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Using your mind's eye for visualization questions |
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Straightening out information ordering questions |
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Determining the best course of action |
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Recalling and interpreting letters and numbers |
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Practice Observation and Memory Questions |
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Chapter 7 Reading and Writing Incident Reports |
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Tackling POST Questions about Incident Reports |
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Demonstrating comprehension of incident reports on the POST |
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Answering written questions about incident reports on the POST |
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Practice POST Incident Report Questions |
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Mastering Questions about Incident Reports on the NYC Test |
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Practice NYC Incident Report Questions |
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Chapter 8 Acing the Law Enforcement Essay Exam |
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Following the Proper Steps to Craft a Winning Essay |
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Understanding How Essays Are Scored |
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Warming Up to Sample Essay Prompts |
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Practice Law Enforcement Essay Exam Question and Answer |
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Chapter 9 Completing the Personal History Statement |
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Becoming Familiar with the Personal History Statement |
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Getting Ready to Complete the Personal History Statement |
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Gathering the necessary information |
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Collecting the necessary documents |
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Writing the Personal History Statement |
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Understanding that honesty is the best policy |
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Following directions and reading questions carefully |
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PART 3 AFTER THE WRITTEN TEST: MEETING OTHER REQUIREMENTS |
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Chapter 10 Putting Your Physical Ability to the Test |
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Let's Get Physical: The Whys and Wherefores of the Physical Ability Test |
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Understanding why police officers need the physical ability test |
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Breaking down the skill areas of the typical test |
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Getting the lowdown on the local test |
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Getting in Shape before the Test |
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What You Should Know and Do the Day of Your Test |
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Showing Them What You Can Do: Test Events |
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440-yard mobility/agility run |
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Chapter 11 Presenting Yourself Well in the Oral Board Interview |
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Speaking in front of others |
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Honing Your Question and Answer Skills |
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Expecting the right types of questions |
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Chapter 12 Preparing for Medical and Psychological Evaluations |
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Getting Tested, Poked, and Prodded in the Medical Evaluation |
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What can you see? Testing your vision |
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Can you hear me now? Testing your hearing |
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Not for the squeamish: Taking blood and urine tests |
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Breathe in, breathe out: Checking your heart and lungs |
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How low can you go? Monitoring muscular and skeletal disorders |
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Looking for other conditions |
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Understanding What Happens during the Psychological Evaluation |
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Taking the personality test |
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Interviewing with a psychologist |
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PART 4 PRACTICE POLICE OFFICER EXAMS |
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Chapter 13 Practice Test 1: The National Police Officer Selection Test (POST) |
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Chapter 14 Answers and Explanations for Practice Test 1 |
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Section II Reading Comprehension |
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Section IV Incident Report Writing |
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Chapter 15 Practice Test 2: The National Police Officer Selection Test (POST) |
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Chapter 16 Answers and Explanations for Practice Test 2 |
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Section II Reading Comprehension |
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Section IV Incident Report Writing |
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Chapter 17 Practice Test 3: The National Police Officer Selection Test (POST) |
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Chapter 18 Answers and Explanations for Practice Test 3 |
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Section II Reading Comprehension |
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Section IV Incident Report Writing |
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Chapter 19 Practice Test 4: The New York City Police Officer's Entrance Exam |
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Chapter 20 Answers and Explanations for Practice Test 4 |
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Chapter 21 Ten Tips to Help You Succeed on the Exam |
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Carefully Read or Listen to Directions |
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Chapter 22 Ten Things to Expect at the Police Academy |
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Rigorous Rule Enforcement |
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Emergency Vehicle Operations Training |
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Appendix A Law Enforcement Terminology and Resources |
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Law Enforcement Terminology |
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Appendix B Climbing the Law Enforcement Ladder |
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Starting on the Bottom Rung: Unranked |
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Moving to Middle Management: Bars |
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Becoming the Top Dog: Stars |
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