i heard a rumor on this site...that the 08 list of 640 or so mite get cut...also heard on this site..a rumor that the 09 list may come out around sept...also on this site that  a 2010 sgt list also may come out... I HATE TO BE THE BEARER OF BAD NEWS..AND I HOPE THEY DONT CUT THESE LIST , I HAVE FRIENDS ON THEM AND, IM ON ONE OF THEM ALSO...IT MAKES SENSE THO, THAT THESE MAY BE TRUE!!!! 1ST, IF , FOR SAY, 4000 PEOPLE TOOK BOTH TEST..AND 640 PASSED 08, N 400 OR SO PASSED 09, THATS 5% MORE PASSED THE 08 TEST...IF THE MAYOR WANTS TO BE SLICK AND SAY THAT WE ARE SAVIN $$ BY SLASHING THAT LAST 5%, AND ONLY HIRING THE TOP 400 OR SO,, AND ARE SAVIN $$ BY HAVIN  THE OTHERS, WHO ARE NOT YET MADE OR NOT ENOUGH TIME YET, AND BOUNCE TO THE 09 TEST...IT WOULD MAKE MORE COMPETIVE  TEST AND SGTS.....CUZ THE CITY CANT JUST STOP THIS HIRING FREEZE, CUZ 1 OR 5000 RECRUITS IN THE ACADEMY , ALOT OF COMMANDS STILL NEED SGTS, WHETHER CUZ THEY LEFT OR WHAT HAVE YOU...THE PATROL GUIDE THAT CHANGES EVERYDAY, HOW CAN YOU SAY THAT A COP W 3 YEARS ON ,2 YEARS AND MANY INTERM ORDERS LATER, STILL KNOWS THE GUIDE???... EVERYONE KNOWS IF YOU DONT STUDY THE INTERM ORDERS YOUR NOT GOING TO HAVE A CHANCE IN PASSING THIS DIFFICULT TEST...IF THEY MADE A TEST EVERY YEAR AND TGHE LIST ONLY LATED A YEAR, YOU WOULD HAVE BETTER COPS, CUZ THEYRE ALWAYS STUDYING, AND YOU WOULD HAVE SGTS WHO HAVE ALOT OF CONFIDENCE JUST SECONDS AFTER TAKING THE TEST...TRUST ME IM NOT SAYING I AGREE..IM JUST SAYING IF THESE RUMORS SOMEHOW BECOME TRUE..I UNDERSTAND WHY...AND IF TJHIS DOES SOMEHOW HAPPEN..THEN DONT BE UPSET, CUZ IF YOU PASSED ONCE, YOU WILL DO IT AGAIN, LETS JUST HOPE AND WISH, THAT WE DONT NEED TO......

relax skippy. And enough with the caps lock! The dept is not going to cut any of these sgt lists.

yeah i know, its just funny bout all those rumors...its easier 4 me  to write in caps, i hate typing, hope my 124 rm is awesome, or my 49z are going to suck.....lol

The list will not be cut!

I know people at the bottom of the 08 list that have been brought in for that 2 day training so i can not see them cutting them after that. Hey i end up in the upper 80's on the 09 test so cutting them would work for me but i just dont see it.

BLOCKHD.....DID THEY END UP WITH LESS THAN A 75???...I PUT THIS UP TO SEE IF OTHERS KNEW THESE OTHER RUMORS, AND ANYTHING THAT WOULD JUSTIFY THEM, OR PUT THEM TO REST.........HEY I HOPE NOT ALSO.....BUT ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE...THERE HAVE BEEN LISTS THAT WERE CUT, AND ALSO LISTS THAT THE PASSIN SCORE WAS A 55...MAYBE CAT, OR SUM1 ELSE WOULD BE ABLE TO GIVE THERE TWO CENTS...

i heard the same. CAT, please confirm this rumor I heard the same thing. a little different but it sounds same..

-- Edited by Oleiry on Monday 20th of July 2009 02:37:29 AM

for starters why would the list be cut?
there are still 400 people at least left on the 08test.

i can't see there being a 2010 sgts test.
if there was a jan test  the finest would have come down already.
maybe later in the year. they give at least 6+months for the date of
the test. we are in july which means no jan or feb test.

Cat may be vacationing which explains the reason for not hearing much from her.

-- Edited by NOTAGAIN on Monday 20th of July 2009 07:29:56 PM

As far as list#7508 goes the dept has not even hired half of the list yet which is still a small list. With that said why even speak on nonsense rumors of the list being cut.

notagain...I heard a RUMOR!!! I DIDNT SAY IT WAS TRUE, OR HAPPENING NOW.....in my post i xplained why i could believe it in the FUTURE......FURTHER MORE...the list NOW is about 315, which is a 78 OR LESS...THATS OVER 300 PPLE WITH A CLOSE SCORE...THE RUMOR CAME ON THIS SITE WHERE THEY HEARD , "they" wanted to get the best of the best....maybe go another 100 or so then pop out another test, n then release the 09 list.....the time frame of these rumors make sense...if they were to have another sgt test in MID TO LATE FEB...U MAY NOT HEAR IT UNTIL AUGUST TO SEPT....JUST WAIT TILL THEN...IN IF THEY DO.....ALOT OF PEOPLE WILL SIGN UP FOR THAT TEST!!!!....IM NOT AGREEING OR WANTING THIS IDEA..BUT I COULD SEE IT HAPPENING...BUT I DOUBT IT...CAN WE GET SUM1 WHO IS AT THE MAIN CASTLE , TO GIVE AN OPINION....

its funny how someone from the 09 list can think it is even possible for the 08 list to be cut. You get a little gitty thinking they would cut people who studied hard for a test so you can get called quicker. Very selfish. Plus your test was so easy a 70 on the 08 test is equal to a 95 on the 09. So whats the need. Forget it you will not be call for 2 years . Get use to sitting on DOA's and EDP's selfish F**KS.

listen,

here is the story for the people who have no clue.

before 2005 there was no passing grade if you took the
test your name was on the list unless your score was really bad.

the dept would promote as per needs of the dept. meaning if
2000 people made the list and the dept needed 1900 sgts all
1900 were made no matter what score. people in my command
where made with high 50s and low 60s.

kelly wanted the best of the best and therefore put a pass fail grade 70.

in 06 600+ people passed the test.
in 07 330 people passed the test.
in 08 671 people passed the test.


the 07 list was made later the same year.
in aug of 08 the list was done meaning they called everyone.
so the dept  ran two list together.
they started to hire off of the 08 list from aug until dec.

the recession hits they put a class in jan which was held until feb when
they cleared  the 07 list. some people where promoted but did not do
bmoc. so they put a class in april and now in june.

before this year the dept would put in a class every other month with
70-80 people. the last 3 class had half that. 40 now 50.

since 05 the academy classes have been really small.
less cops less sgts

the dept is now sitting on a list 7508 with at least 400 people left.

people are saying the 09 test 700 people passed. that means 1100
sgts.

why would they give out a test when they have 1100 sgts?

if they only promote 40-50 sgts every other month it is going to
be awhile before the 09 list comes out.

maybe april of next year...

hope this helps..

i have no hooks or inside info just common sense..

with your so called name of "rumormill" its funny how sensitive you get!!!...lol...1st off guy, i could care less when and IF they call my list....2nd as you can see to the left, i only put up 50 something posts.. so...i didnt put up these rumors. im just saying it makes sense!!!!!!!!!!!!!! maybe not you, but a few deny how a 2010 test could even come out... if your not a cop who has an open mind on this job, and think **** , good or bad, doesnt happen, or prepare yourself for them, you will have a long 20 yrs, which im presuming, you have 16 more to go!!!! AS FOR ME BEING SELFISH.. YOU CLEARLY MUST JUST GOT DUMPED!!! AND YOUR DEFENSE OF ATTACKING ME, FOR A MEASLEY POSTS, MEANS YOU HAVE NO THICK SKIN, AND YOU MUST THINK YOU ARE A CHOOSEN ONE, AND MUST OF BITCHED TO YOUR BOSS EVERYTIME YOU HAD A WALKTHROUGH, OR MUST VE KISSED ALOT OF ASS, AND DID PATROL FOR WHAT??TWO YEARS???..I HOPE IM WRONG BOUT YOU, SO JUST RELAX.... AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS...AGAIN I HOPE IT DOESNT CUZ I HAVE ALOT OF FRIENDS WHO ARE ON THE 08 LIST...

JOHNNY LAW...T H A N K    YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  YOURS MAKES SENSE...I WAS JUST HEARING ON THIS SITE THAT 09 MITE COME OUT...WHEN THIS RECESSION HIT.. I WAS PRESUMING 09 WOULD BE OUT NEXT SUMMER, N IGREE WITH YOU... 

The lists will not be cut. They used to be when I came on the job 15 years ago, but not now. There also used to be tests in Nov-Dec, not only Jan-Feb. That can be a possibility for 2010. Anyway, there is not much we can do about the timing of the exam or of the promotions. I am praying that they throw out enough questions and have enough doubles for me to pass when the list comes out.

There is no 2010 sgt exam, at least not early in Jan or Feb. They need a 6 month 'heads up' to give exams by law. They might have one in the summer or fall for all we know. The 2008 list is up to 320 or whatever. Thats 350 names to go. At the current pace of a bmoc every other month the list will be done early next year to next summer. The 2009 list should be made public early next year and will have 500-700 names on it.

Is this fact or opinion ? I know your usually on point.

As we all see and read, there are many possibilities that may occur. As we all know there is a recession , and we have a BUSINESSMAN  for a mayor!!! For those who know criminal justice prior to the job and never worked for a real business worldwide company, with more than 50,000 employees, a smart business man can say alot and save alot of money, and start promoting sgts, if he had the pull or the power!!!! AGAIN, IM JUST HEARING A RUMOR,  and thinking of possibilities why or how they could happen. 1st.. ITS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN, however, remember when the story hit the papers that the nypd was going to fire cops??? did anyone get fired??? No!!! Technically they did by not hiring a class of recruits WHICH THE NYPD IS KNOWN TO HIRE SOO MANY RECRUITS AT ONE TIME, WHAT OTHER DEPT HIRES MORE THAN A 1,000 A YEAR????? Could the Mayor say im going to save $$$$$$$$$$$, and not hire , lets say the bottom of the 08 sgts list, n move on to the 09 list??? AND DO IT EVERY LIST, and at the same time , announce a sgts test in 2010, and at 60$ a pop make some $$$??? NOT GOING TO HAPPEN BUT WHO KNOWS.......

all the exams for 2010 where already posted forget about a sgt2010 xam

anyone knows if #76 is a double answer

Not true

Ringer now your up to 55.

rumormill...55???....for a second, i was like what the f???, r u done w me?? and its up to  ems to save my nutty mind, then i "recognized"  thats thats my posts...your rite im done w this topic, im going to shut my mouth...lol....i got some decent{?} responses, guess there is no 2010 sgts test 4 now,...and the other rumors wouldnt make sense,...im on vacation, later rumormil,....next topic.......how about , how bad are the new york rangers going to be????   LETS.... GO... ISLANDERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

List is good for 4 years. Only way the lists gets cut is if the department does not promote the remaining number of eligible sgts. in the next three years which is about 350-400 names. Safe to say that 350-400 sgt slots will be available in the next 3 years. So stop with the silly rumors about cutting the 08 list. They all will be made.

There are only two reasons why a list can be cut to my knowledge: 1) When all eligible names have been called, ie. list has been exhausted. 2) List has gone four years from its public date. As SteveC has said, im pretty sure the remaining 350 so names will get called by September 2012. And im estimating the entire 2008 list will be exhausted by summer 2010 so im assuming the 2009 exam list will be made public early next year. Then everyone on that list will be called by 2014 or whatever... unless there are 1200 names like the Lts test...

My understanding the 08 list was established with a few names left on 07, like 50 or so. I don't expect the 09 list to be established until the 08 is down to around that number.

i cant believe people are still entertaining this topic. Give it a rest already.