The NYPD is investigating a cheating scandal involving sergeants who took a make-up promotional exam for lieutenant and passed at a rate eight times higher than those who took the original test, The Post has learned.
Critics charge some sergeants gamed the system by taking the make-up exam four to six weeks after the same test was first given, a window that let candidates get the correct answers from the original test-takers.
The integrity of the hiring process was thrown into chaos last week when the NYPDs personnel arm, the Department of Citywide Administrative Services, published a civil-service list of 204 candidates who earned passing scores, each of whom is eligible to be called as a future lieutenant, a rank that has a starting salary of $102,091 a year.
The NYPD is probing to see if the testing process was corrupted.
The NYPD is aware of certain issues that have been raised concerning the 2015 lieutenant promotional make-up exam. We have been in contact with DCAS and are reviewing these issues, NYPD spokesman Stephen Davis told The Post.
http://nypost.com/2016/02/24/nypd-probes-possible-cheating-on-lieutenants-exam/
